Spring Fling -Walla Walla

Sometimes reality exceeds your greatest expectations. On April 22nd-25th Portland Confrerie made their annual Spring Fling trip. This year the destination was Walla Walla, Washington.
This little Eastern Washington town seems like an unlikely place for a world-class wine region, but trust me it is all that and a bag of chips. Jaydene and John Chandler were our gracious hosts and with Jaydene having grown up in this area she really wanted to showcase what Walla Walla is all about.

Thursday at Gramercy

Friday morning at L'Ecole 41

The itinerary on Friday was:

L'Ecole 41, Long Shadows, Three Rivers for Lunch and lastly Northstar.

Long Shadows & Chihuly glass artwork in the background
Dale Chihuly chandelier at Long Shadows Winery

Abeja
Abeja is Spanish for Bee

Rick Isenhower at Saturday's tasting panel

The Saturday events were a visit to Walla Walla Vintners and a tasting panel later in the afternoon that brought in Rick Small from Woodward Canyon, Rick Isenhower from Isenhower Cellars, Caleb Foster of Buty and David Stevenson of Stevenson Cellars.

The evening festivities consisted of a wonderful sit down dinner for 30+ people at the historic Whitman Hotel. The entire weekend was wonderful and Jaydene and John completely outdid themselves. Thank you so much!