I attended this year’s Taste Washington Grand Taste on
Sunday, which was a change from years past when we went for the Saturday
tasting. I will say, the lack of crowds on Sunday made it quite the enjoyable
experience! It was nice to have the ability to stop and chat with winemakers
and actually taste through several wines without feeling rushed to step out of
the way for the next person in line. It’s always a challenge to learn a lot
about what you’re tasting at busy events like this, but I had a great time this
year with the lesser Sunday crowd! As I have in the past few years, I made my
focus trying wines from wineries I either had never heard of, or just had not
had a chance to try yet. Boy oh boy did this work out in my favor as I found
several great Washington wines that I can’t wait to try more of! I always walk
into the Grand Taste with my go-to stops mapped out, so that I can make sure to
hit the ones I have identified in advance. I took that approach once again this
year, and managed to make it to many of the wineries and restaurants I had
mapped out!
