The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Each year, I make my own door wreath of recycled materials collected throughout the year on treks across the Great Northwest. For instance, this year's wreath is to be composed of old grape vines clipped in spring from Pepper Ridge Winery. The twine from a visit to a Napa Cheese Maker. The grapes and leaves are from a discarded wine display found while attending last year's Aspen Winter Food Fest, and the satin ribbon, something I bought at a Dayton community yard sale. "Now, where's my scissors?"

Over the weekend I sampled a new Bordeaux of exceptional verbosity: Foundry Vineyards '08 Artisan...