Results tagged “winecountry”

What with the Internetz, the Google and the digital camera, a new generation of wine touring guides is long overdue.

Yep, sonny, there was a time, less than 25 years ago (don't giggle!), that you could write a whole guidebook to Washington wine and list only 37 wineries. Seattlest should know, we typed every word of the fucking thing. Ah, just look how young we were in 1983:

Don't get us wrong, we love this town. But sometimes it's just good to get away. Say, on a road trip. Say, where the drinky-drinky never stops flowing. And, say, where they would never deign to use the phrase "drinky-drinky" in casual conversation. And as luck would have it, through a series of--some would say--unfortunate events, Seattlest found itself in the odd circumstance of having viewed the Academy-snubbed gem of a flick Sideways no less than four times in one week. Which led us to the very firm conclusion that a little sommelier training was in order, and while the Woodinville scene provides grade-A anchors Columbia and Chateau Ste. Michelle, we decided a trip to the original Wine Country was in order. To ensure we could live out each and every wine-guzzling cinematic fantasy we had--except for the whole cheating on your fiancé thing. And the whole lying about being a novelist thing. Seattlest doesn't have to travel anywhere to do that. California, here we come!

Y'know, Seattlest could recommend yet another offering from the Northwest Film Forum, but even we have grown tired of sending you there week after week. Especially since a visit to the NWFF always involves trying to figure out which film is showing in which (unmarked) theater and where the hell the bathroom's at. Seriously guys, a sign or two would make the theater-going experience much more pleasant.