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Attended the Sunriver Wine Festival over the weekend, and sampled a number of very good Oregon wines.
There were about 25 or so Oregon wineries and 7 out-of-state wineries. I can’t honestly say we made it to every table, because I’m sure I skipped some towards the end of the tasting festivities, but I did find a few favorites that I must share.
Great wines to try would be from Vitis Ridge in Silverton Oregon- they had a very good Marechal Foch and a wonderful Cabernet.
Pheasant Valley is a winery I visited last year and their Cabernet Sauvignon is still my favorite along with their Tempranillo.
Syrah is still one of my favorite red wines and I found a wonderful one at Nobel Estate in Eugene. They were serving their 2007 Syrah Reserve which won a silver this year in Canby Oregon. This Syrah was awesome!
But I would have to say, that the most fun part my day was spent at the Naked Winery table. They were doing entire flights…9 wines for $7.00 and included a Naked Winery wine glass ..this flight was a large flight with both reds and whites.

With racey names like Foreplay, Naughty, Naked and Missionary (only among a few names) and provacative descriptions on the back of the bottle, these wines are sure to get a lot of lip service and maybe more action.. if they’re lucky!

All in all, it was a great day even with the hot sun beating down on us. I had a great time seeing all the wineries in attendance. I dont think I realized how many wineries are in Oregon, but now I am thinking I need to plan a romantic weekend wine tasting getaway.

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Has anyone else seen these bugs flying around town? They’re about an inch or more long, they have wings and fly, and they have these long antenna. I dont think they bite, but they do fall into the bug category.
I have no idea what these bugs are, but I had a horrific experience today. I was in the drive through at a local fast food place trying to catch a quick bite, and after I placed my order, I saw these bugs flying around and thought I should really close my window, because I didn’t want any of these bugs in my car. I go to close the window and notice that it’s almost too late- there is a bug sitting in the window, right where the window comes out of the door. So, I try not to panic, but come on.. who are we kidding? I didn’t scream at least. There was no way I was going to flick him, because I thought it might make him fly into the car, and really this would require me to touch the bug. So, I blew as hard as I could and moved him just enough to not make him fly, and roll up the window.
All was good. I was safe… until I got to the drive up window.
I carefully rolled down the window, which the bug was now on, and gave the gal my cash, and she gave me my change, food and drink. I rolled up with window without any further inncident, and was thanking my lucky stars when I looked down next to my gear shift and saw another one of these bugs.
I cannot explain the horrific terror I felt wash over me. It was like hyperventilating and almost passing out.
Being in the drivethru there was no way I could get out of my car. My only option is to drive around to the other side of the establishment , park my car and try to remove the bug.. without him flying around and me crashing.
I make it to a parking spot, got out, open both front doors of my car, shoo the one bug still on my window, and he goes away. The other one is now in the little cup holder in my car, making it more difficult to figure out how to remove him. I take my soda straw, which is still in it’s wrapper, and try to flick him, but I miss. He is now on the move- crawling over a dutch brothers coffee card which is too small for me to pick up without touching the bug. He sits at the top of the coffee card for what seemed like forever, and then eventually flies away out the open door and doesnt come back.
So now, both bugs are gone, I can get in my car and go back to work. But not without the feeling that there were a million bugs everywhere.. worried that there were more in my car, that there would be one to crawl up over my shoulder or something…eeewwww

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