Have Wine, Will Travel

Published in the Washington State Visitor’s Guide.

Beyond the car windows rows of grapes—syrahs and cabernets to the left, a dense canopy of concords to the right—merge in a viridescent blur. The Yakima Valley’s fertile scent,which is ripe with grapes and mint, carrots and hops, pervades the car. At this moment, the concords are all-consuming. It is as if the heavens are making jam.

Welcome to Washington.