Bouncing and Babies

Summers are tough. There's so much going on on the weekends, it makes the weekly routine kind of fly out the window... Not to mention taking long weekends makes the Friday post tricky... So yeah, I'm off track a bit. Maybe this coming Champagne Thursday I'll do better? One can hope anyways (that "one", being me)... 

Water slides to the left and right of the
bounce pad, and a wading pool at the bottom!
And yes, I am an EXCELLENT jumper.

It was a bit of a busy week, Emma's birthday was on the 2nd, so we had a bouncy castle crossed with a water slide thing in the yard... it was awesome. I want to get one for keeps. Super duper fun. We also had friends coming over last weekend, so we tidied the house and yard some. And then Wednesday we did a quick trip up to Peterborough to visit my friend and her new baby (2 weeks old!!!). So, busy busy. 

July 7, 2016

This week we went back to our regular price point, in the $20 range. We decided to give Mr Beck another shot (after the disaster earlier this year, it's a wonder why, although we did have luck once before with their Blanc des Blancs...).

This week it was Graham Beck's 2010 Brut Rosé. In the glass, it was a beautiful rose gold colour, and had lots of big bubbles. The scent coming from the bottle on popping the top was kind of a sweet dry smell (which yeah, I know, doesn't really make sense...). But in the glass it was a sort of tart dry smell, not yeasty or bready like some. 

It was waaaaay too hot for Tyson to participate this week,
sorry all :(

The first couples sips we noticed that it had a sweet tongue, but (and I quote Shane) "a close your throat kind of dry finish, in a good way". It's got a creamy mouth feel, and it made our mouths water because of the tartness. It kind of had strawberry essences going on... and by the end I was tasting sour candies, like those raspberry sour candies... 

This one was as good as the first Graham Beck we had (the Blanc des Blancs), and infinitely better than the "shit zero" (again, Shane Quote) we have had from them. 

Overall, yes, we'd get this one again, it redeemed the winery from their Zero mistake. 

Chat soon (actually very soon, two days!)!
~S

• Brand: Graham Beck
• Type of Grape: 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay
• Sweetness: 7g/L
• Price: $19.95
• Tasting Notes: Tart strawberries, sour raspberries, nicely dry and balanced bubbly. Would go nicely with chips and dip, or hummus.