Unfortunately, none of the tasting rooms had nearly the view we found in the Gorge. We sampled at two wineries and managed to find some wines we enjoyed and even bought a couple bottles.
The oldest winery in the area Chateau St Michelle, has beautiful grounds and the winery is on site so we took a tour…wouldn’t you know, its Friday and they work four 10 hour days so all the equipment is quiet. The tour guide was great though and still made it informative and fun. He is a retired teacher and has a wonderful way with people. We all enjoyed it, the tour, the talk and the wine. We were hanging around after the actual tasting and just chatting and we go a special tasting of their “most expensive’ cabernet sauvignon. It was awfully good but we settled just for the taste.
We had a picnic and strolled a while then headed back to camp. It was a fun afternoon.