Walla Walla Continued Cozy

Once again, where does time go? Before too much dust settles on our Walla Walla weekend let me just wrap it up by telling you about two more wonderful places you must visit when you make the trip!

First, pictured above is the very well known Whitehouse Crawford restaurant. Situated in an old Mill/furniture factory this restaurant is unique and fabulous and I think a quintessential Walla experience. The restaurant is a huge open space with towering ceilings decked with wooden beams.

Amazing fresh, local food, a bar to sit and watch the chefs cook and another bar to just people watch and drink what looked like delicious cocktails! Do not miss this restaurant!
Another not to miss place is Dunham Cellars. What a fun surprise this winery was!

We originally wanted to visit after reading an article in Food and Wine about how actor Kyle Maclachlan has collaborated with winemaker Eric Duhman to create a Cabernet called Pursued by Bear (a Shakespearean acting term!). We wanted to taste this $65/bottle of wine and although this was not included in their tasting the really friendly and funny woman doing some of the pouring was happy to sneak us a sip. She also told us that Kyle just released another wine called Baby Bear in honor of the birth of his first child!
A framed shot of Eric Dunham and Kyle Maclachlan.

Eric is also an artist and painter and his work is all over the huge old barn – a little bit like Pee Wee’s Playhouse in the wine country for adults!

Lots of fun and a big surprise. Of all the wineries we visited on this trip this was definitely our favorite – good wines and a lot of fun. The Walla Walla wine country is divided into North, South, East and West and we barely scratched the surface. We will definitely be back but do wish the drive was a little shorter like the 2 1/2 hours we used to drive from LA to Santa Barbara. We are still in search of the perfect 1-2 hour getaway from Seattle and I am certain that Miss Cozy will (eventually) find it!