I had a great time pouring wine this past weekend at the Portland Beer and Wine Festival. This year they had it in Portland. I had the semi-pleasure of sharing a booth with North Shore Cellars Winemaker, Craig. They must be hurting at North Shore because Craig had to use my cork puller all weekend. If any of you are visiting the Gorge anytime soon, take them a cork puller.
Tonight Craig and his wife, Kelly came up for Garbage Can Turkey. You can see our method and results in the pictures below. Craig and I are thinking of getting out of the wine business and opening up a chain of Garbage Can Turkey outlets up and down the West Coast.
The festival was a long two days but I enjoyed seeing lots of WRC visitors. We were also able to collect a few nice awards. Better than that I got to see several good friends from other wineries, including some of the coolest people on the planet from Hip Chicks Do Wine.
http://www.hipchicksdowine.com I've watched these ladies grow over the last 10 years and I couldn't be more proud of them. If you're in Portland and you need a winery fix, check them out. Also, thanks go to my volunteer servers. Marita, Mark, Nick and Suzanne, if you're ever in the area lets open some bottles and talk about the great time we had. By the way, if you're ever in Portland and need a place to stay I highly recommend Lap Dance John's house.
This coming weekend I will be at the Capital Food and Wine Festival in Lacey. This has always been a fun event with several wineries and a few of those things called "breweries". It's my understanding that breweries produce something called "Beer". I'm not really familiar with this beverage but I understand it can be quite refreshing. If you get a wild hair come on out and say hello.
Visitors of the week include the couple from Montana, the Bonneville Resort couple and the two fun people from Washington D.C.
Your Garbage Can Turkey is the best, Husum!
Joel
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