362Wine Blogging the Columbia and Rhone

Today is the 30th Wine Blogging Wednesday. I've been meaning to jump in for some time now but wasn't adequately motivated by the recent themes. This month's virtual wine tasting party theme is New World Syrah. We're big fans of this grape in my home, and have been keeping a bottle of 2003 L'Ecole Nº 41 Columbia Valley Syrah since last summer. This seemed like a perfect excuse to open it, and indulge in some unabashed wine geekery. Being a GIS blogger, I've tried to do something that I haven't seen much of in wine blogs: use Google Earth to help tell the story of the wine. So, start up Google Earth, hit this KML link, select the top-level folder, and read on.