Saturday, July 10 is the date for the Ohme Wine & Food Gala, NCW's best wine and food event of the summer!  Sip award-winning wines from 10 vintners and food prepared by 12 of Wenatchee's best chefs while enjoying the beautiful views of the Wenatchee Valley from Ohme Gardens.  Tony Cook-Davis from Pretriola Bakery and Deli will be preparing risotto cakes with Salsa Verde and microgreens, using food farmed at Spencer Organics in Malaga.  He is also making chocolate hazelnut brownies with cherry compote.  His food is paired with Baroness Cellars' Semillon and Grenache wines.  The Best Bite in Cashmere is preparing Lamb Sliders and a Tomato/Portabello Bruschetta to pair with Trio (a red Bordeaux-style blend) and Chardonnay from 37 Cellars in Leavenworth.  See you at Ohme Gardens at the garden party of the summer! 

Saturday, July 10 is the annual Ohme Gardens Wine & Food Gala:  the North Central Washington Wine & Food party of the Summer.  This year's Gala will be another amazing event, with 10 wineries pouring 20 wines, and 12 food booths offering everything from Sushi to steak, Lobster to Bruschetta, Baklava to Hazelnut brownies, all paired with outstanding wines from local vintners.  The price is $55 per person.  This is a fund-raiser for Ohme Gardens, one of the most picturesque places in North Central Washington.  I hope you will want to come to this great "garden party".  Cheers to summer and the Ohme Wine & Food Gala!

It's the best of both worlds:  wines to pair with the gourmet plates of food from Wenatchee's finest chefs!  The Ohme Gardens Wine Gala will be held on Saturday, July 10 from 5:30-8:30.  We will have live cooking demonstrations, music, 13 food booths and 10 wineries to make your evening at picturesque Ohme Gardens, an evening to remember.  Tim from Smokeblossom is preparing a Sugar Shake Salmon, Chocolate Chipotle Chicken Tostaditas, Lobster Puffs, and Limoncello Burnt Cream Thimbles.  These will be paired with Martin-Scott Winery's Pinot Grigio and Merlot wines.  This is the wine and food party of the summer!  See our event page to order tickets to this spectacular event.  Prices go up  after the 4th of July, so hurry!

Summer is great for barbeques, sunsets, and wine!  The perfect place for all three is at Martin-Scott Winery on Thursday evenings.  Smokeblossom makes fabulous tapas served on the Martin-Scott patio, for only $25 per person.  Go to www.martinscottwinery.com for more information and to make reservations.  Limited to 50 people, and the spaces fill up fast!  

The hills are green, the flowers are in bud or bloom, the air is fresh, and the days are sunny and getting warm!  What better time to explore the fine wines of Wenatchee Wine Country?  Spring Barrel tasting is a great opportunity to try new wines before they are bottled, and get an idea of what great wines they will be in a year.  

Take advantage of these beautiful Spring days and enjoy the wines of Wenatchee Wine Country! 

It's Spring, Mom's weekend, and a great day for wine tasting in Downtown Wenatchee!  The Wine Walk starts at Pak-it-Rite, 126 N. Wenatchee Ave. (right across from the Performing Arts Center).  Noon-5 p.m. The cost is $20 and includes 8 tastes of wine from 7 wineries plus a souvenir wine glass.  From Pak-it-Rite, you stop into 7 other merchants pouring wines, as well as some other downtown merchants with some other special events in their stores (chocolate, coffee, cupcakes, to name a few).  It's going to be a great day for strolling, shopping, and sipping in downtown Wenatchee.

I feel so blessed to live in this area.   I love the beautiful mountains that overlook a gentle river, and rugged terrain to enjoy while being part of a small community of wonderful people.  And some of the best things about our neighborhood are the wonderful wines that are being produced right here!  We have wineries that win awards, and earn high rankings from Wine Enthusiast and Wine Spectator magazines all the time.  It is for this reason we want to celebrate these wines with "Wenatchee Wine Week", March 15-20.  We have wine tasting events planned, and a "St. Patrick's Day Wine Experience".  On March 20 we are planning a marvelous wine dinner with wine tastings, great food and entertainment, as a benefit for the Mike Utley Foundation (find a cure for paralysis).  If you go to our events tab on our home page, you can order tickets.  We hope you will participate in some of these events, so you, too, will appreciate the great wines our valley is producing.  Viva Wenatchee Wines!  Cheers!

Don't you just love the holidays?  It's just one big excuse to drink wine!  And wine makes wonderfully special gifts, too!  Be sure to take advantage of buying and shipping wines as gifts to friends and family.  Washington wines are getting a lot of notice, and the wineries at Columbia River Wine Contry are no exception.  Cheers to a fabulous holiday season!   

Pairing Chateau Faire Le Pont Wine with Turkey

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RECIPE: Slow Cooked Pulled Pork. Serve with Fielding Hills Cabernet Franc.

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