Townshend Cellars

Tom was on the phone with some friends back in Fairbanks the other day and when he told them we were currently in the Spokane area, Brenda told him her brother owns a winery - Townshend Cellars - nearby. So of course we had to visit. We stopped by last Friday. Don, Brenda's brother, wasn't there at the time, but we spent a great couple of hours with the winery's manager, Jill, in the tasting room, working our way through the over one dozen wines the winery produces. They were all delicious but I found a new favorite. It's their 2005 Lemberger. I'd never tasted that particular varietal before. I love it. It has a nice spicey flavor to it I thought was very unique. They also make one of the best Rieslings I've ever had. Jill described it as a fruit salad and that's pretty accurate.

We ended up buying several bottles of each. We're looking forward to spending future evenings on our patio overlooking the golf course sipping these fabulous wines.