Wine Club Recap--Washington

Our little wine club gathered last night (Friday) to sample offerings from Washington state. It's hard to believe we haven't had Washington as a theme in the several years we've been doing this. We (Julie and I) were struggling for a theme. Julie suggested Washington, and it didn't disappoint!

Here's the recap (in order served):

1. Chateau St. Michelle 2006 Horse Heaven Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from the Horse Heaven Hills appellation (courtesy of Will and Liz);

2. Chateau St. Michelle 2006 Canoe Ridge Estate Chardonnay also from the Horse Heaven Hills appellation (courtesy of Jeff and Cynthia);

3. Northstar Winery 2004 Stella Maris Columbia Valley Red Wine (courtesy of Nick and Tamara);

4. Columbia Crest 2005 Horse Heaven Hills Reserve Syrah (courtesy of Paul and Sherry);

5. Col Solare 1999 Columbia Valley Meritage (a magnum, courtesy of Chad and Sara);

6. Spring Valley Vineyard 2004 Walla Walla Syrah "Nina Lee" (courtesy of Brian and Julie); and

7. Chateau St. Michelle Ethos 2006 Columbia Valley Late Harvest White Riesling (courtesy of Chad and Sara).

The brisk autumn evening was no match for the warmth of good food, good friends and good wine.

People to Watch

Like most of you, I have a handful of websites I look at regularly. Here's a few that I've been watching recently, in addition to the usual litany.

Zack Arias (who I propped here);

Joe McNally (enough said); and

a new local acquaintance, Bob Shull.

Rocks at Tanyard

This is the front of the rocks in the foreground of the picture in the More Tanyard post.

EXIF:

Sigma 10-20 at 18mm
f/5.6
1/25th sec
-.7 EV


I'm about over the cloudy white balance + negative EV setting that I've been using to compensate for the way the D80 meters. I'm always adding it back in when I do the RAW conversion. What's the point? I've gotten to where I just use center-weighted metering, particularly in manual mode.