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I spent yesterday afternoon at the aptly-named "Weiners and Wine," an Memorial Day Party at my cousin J.'s winery. As promised, there were weiners. There was wine. And there were a lot of tipsy people basking in the sun.
It was glorious.
If you ever get up to the Santa Barbara are, you must go. Wine tastings are priced at $5 a flight. While my cousin J. doesn't generally produce enough bottles to participate in the tastings, the other two main winemakers - Ryan Carr (Carr wines) and Christian Garvin (Oreana) both offer a varied selection of wines that will make you weep with pleasure.
My particular favorites were Garvin's 2005 Oreana Verdehlo, which is a white wine that I've never even heard of before. He described it as "a rich honeysuckle wine...with the flavors of tropical fuit and guava. All I knew is that I had to have it. I bought a six-pack.
I adore Pinor Noir, and the 2003 Carr Pinot Noir was heavenly. Another two bottles of that.
My biggest discovery of the day - and not on the tasting flight - was Garvin's Oreana Blanc de Noirs. If you love me, you will buy me a bottle. If you want me to put out, you will buy me a case. Garvin describes it as dry, pink and thirst quenching, this wine IS summer in a bottle. I bought two bottles. One is coming to San Francisco with me to be shared with someone who loves the sparkly stuff as much as I do.
As the afternoon progressed, I snagged a seat by the side of the stage to chat with my cousin and his friends. A drunken girl stumbled over to where I sat.
Can I tell you a secret? she asked.
Sure, I replied.
She leaned in close, her wine breath hot in my ear.
You're beautiful.
She shrunk backwards, embarrassed.
I smiled. Thank you. Thank you very much.
She grinned boozily and stumbled over to the kiddy pools, where she proceeded to almost throw up.
my fridge
How was your weekend?
It was glorious.
If you ever get up to the Santa Barbara are, you must go. Wine tastings are priced at $5 a flight. While my cousin J. doesn't generally produce enough bottles to participate in the tastings, the other two main winemakers - Ryan Carr (Carr wines) and Christian Garvin (Oreana) both offer a varied selection of wines that will make you weep with pleasure.
My particular favorites were Garvin's 2005 Oreana Verdehlo, which is a white wine that I've never even heard of before. He described it as "a rich honeysuckle wine...with the flavors of tropical fuit and guava. All I knew is that I had to have it. I bought a six-pack.
I adore Pinor Noir, and the 2003 Carr Pinot Noir was heavenly. Another two bottles of that.
My biggest discovery of the day - and not on the tasting flight - was Garvin's Oreana Blanc de Noirs. If you love me, you will buy me a bottle. If you want me to put out, you will buy me a case. Garvin describes it as dry, pink and thirst quenching, this wine IS summer in a bottle. I bought two bottles. One is coming to San Francisco with me to be shared with someone who loves the sparkly stuff as much as I do.
As the afternoon progressed, I snagged a seat by the side of the stage to chat with my cousin and his friends. A drunken girl stumbled over to where I sat.
Can I tell you a secret? she asked.
Sure, I replied.
She leaned in close, her wine breath hot in my ear.
You're beautiful.
She shrunk backwards, embarrassed.
I smiled. Thank you. Thank you very much.
She grinned boozily and stumbled over to the kiddy pools, where she proceeded to almost throw up.
my fridge
How was your weekend?
sleepy
Re: drunk girl - lol.
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Um....
I think I could do with a different class of fun. One involving a jug of cooking oil and a kiddie pool, maybe....
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So when can I come over and drink your wine? :P
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I wondered what it was like. Now I know!
Oh, and I think Harold and Leanne are a couple. What say you?
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Why didn't this info. come a little sooner!?
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I prefer a blush myself. Any good choices?
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Also... you ARE beautiful! It ain't a secret!
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ahh yes, the cellar
baby blog coming soon... at bargs.net.
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So...
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