The Grapes of Prosser

 We have just returned from a weekend trip to Prosser, WA to get some grapes to turn into wine.

We left on Friday and enjoyed a couple of wine tastings as we traveled and then a nice dinner at the Horse Heaven Saloon in Prosser. 

We couldn’t get our regular reservation at the Sunnyside Inn because we called too late. We ended up at the Holiday Inn Express which was nice, but had none of the charm and ambience of the Sunnyside Inn.

I think we are getting to the point where our age is overtaking our enthusiasm for wine tasting. By now, they all taste pretty much the same. We went to three different places yesterday and I felt the effects of the tastings pretty quickly.

The prices down there are getting pretty extravagant too. When we first started going down to wine country, you could do a tasting for five bucks. Now, every place down there wants a minimum of $15 for a tasting. They then take it off if you buy a bottle. But they are all awfully proud of their wine and charge for it.

Along with the grapes ($100.00) we bought a case of wine ($100.00) and six bottles from various places for another $150 at least.

So now we are back home and happy to be here. I’m going to make a fire in the fire place tonight. It’s the first time we’ve had a fire in months. We had to wait until now because all the cabinets and flooring were in the living room and changes in temperature would affect the flooring.