First Friday Wine Tasting in Spokane

This post is terribly late and long overdue but worth the wait. My sweet husband (Melissa’s brother) and I had the pleasure of doing some wine tasting in Spokane the beginning of May. The first of every month Spokane has a First Friday art walk series and many of the wineries also double as galleries to display local artists. My good friend Tiffany Patterson was showing at The Second Space Gallery next to Spokane’s Barili Cellars who donated wine to the showing. Tiffany is a wonderful person and her artwork is stunning. The other artists were incredible as well but the place was packed so I only got some photos of Tiffany’s work so we could let others squeeze in for a look.

Tiffany's Artwork

Next we moved over to Barili Cellars and got to visit and taste their wines. The Viogner was delicious and we brought home a bottle of the 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon. The tasting room is really welcoming and very beautiful.

Barili Crew

Here is Mr. Mike Sanborn doing some tasting with the Barili folks:

Mr. Sanborn

The real idea I suppose, is to visit as many places as possible but we only made it to one more place – Grande Ronde Cellars. These are some of our favorite people and one of our favorite stops. I had never had the pleasure of meeting Dave Westfall, however, one of the owner/operator/creators of Grande Ronde. Luckily for us, he was there and gave us was kind enough to give us a look around.

Beth and Dave

Put this place on your tasting list!

Dave and his family are gracious hosts.

We brought home the 2003 Seven Hills Merlot and 2007 Walla Walla Valley Cabernet franc – both are outstanding.