Protocol would suggest that I begin the post with a quick update on our week before jumping into our very professional assessment of the bottle of bubbly from last night. So here we go:
Friday
On the way home from work Friday afternoon of the long weekend we decided to take a quick drive by a brand new brewery in Napanee, aptly called The Napanee Brewing Company. I had read some good things about the place online so we thought it would be fun to give it a shot.
The beer was fantastic and the owner/brewmaster was very welcoming. We loved almost everything (Sam thought their Black Lager was a little too heavy - even after detecting a slight hint of fire-toasted marshmallow in the taste), and wound up taking a dozen cans home to enjoy. We spent the rest of the evening sitting in our Muskoka chairs watching Tyson run after bunnies and squirrels.
Saturday
Our original plans for Saturday fell through so Sam and I found ourselves with a very unusual free Saturday. So after a very short discussion of our options we wound up getting ready for a quick trip over to Prince Edward County. A colleague of mine had been there the day before and from her Facebook post it seemed that The County Cider Company had their amazingly delicious feral cider on tap again, so that was the primary target!
If you haven't had the feral cider before you really should. Think tart raspberries, cranberries and apples all mixed together in one glorious pint of fall sunshine! That's what you get. It's fantastic. But you better hurry - it's only available at the end of the summer and early fall and in very limited quantities... But if you get some I'm sure you won't be disappointed. If you are, then call me and I'll drive out to the county and drink it for you.
Sunday
Sunday started out very relaxing. Sam was working on various projects around the house and I cut the lawn. After that I got out the chainsaw and cut down a tree that was dying. We can use it for firewood this winter - and even though it's been crazy hot and humid lately, this winter is supposed to be cold and snowy!
Around 2:30 or so I was quite hot and tired so I decided I'd grab a quick pint of beer from the keg machine. I texted Sam who was still up in the house and asked if she was interested. To my surprise and delight, she said she was and would be right down. Long story short, after countless pints from the keg and not one but two bottles of bubbly (left over from our wedding), we finally shut things down around 3:30am! 13 hours later. Ugh.
Monday morning was a bit rough to say the least. When I took shop class in high school we learned just how dangerous a workshop can be... but even that didn't prepare me for shop night in Morven! Anyone who has visited our shop for one of these nights knows exactly how dangerous it is... right, Cristin??? :)
Wednesday
Wednesday we celebrated Tyson's 7th birthday with Emma. They boys were stuck at Football practice so it was just the 4 of us, but it was nice. There were carrot cupcakes, presents and of course the obligatory singing of "Happy Birthday" Tyson loved it. Emma did too.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
I realized that I talk (type) WAY more than Sam usually does in these posts, so I figure it's time to get on to the real business of the blog. Champagne Thursday.
We worked very hard at getting home on time this Thursday. The day usually consists of a big grocery shop at Costco, Loblaws and of course the LCBO, which often means getting home late, starting dinner late, sitting to watch TV late. But this week we couldn't be late. This week was the start of the new NFL Football Season!!! We knew we wanted to be seated in front of the TV for the kickoff and we made it happen.
Our wine guy at the LCBO suggested a couple different bottles from the vintage section this week, but he leaned towards a cremant that was there. We've had a couple cremants lately so we chose the other bottle. This weeks selection turned out to be a nice prosecco from Italy, Tenuta Degli Ultimi Rive di Collalto Prosecco Valdobbiadene 2013.
I say it was nice because that's what it was, nice. In fact that's about all it was. Nothing particularly special, but not bad either. To us it had a lot of nice sharp bubbles and a tart green apple-forward flavour. On Sam's notes page, the word "Tart" is written three times. So quite tart. Her final note read "nothing special but based on price alone would not get again... but yummy enough."
So there you have it. A very, very long and full week. I hope yours was fun too.
Cheers
Shane
- Brand: Tenuta Degli Ultimi
- Type of Grape: Not noted
- Sweetness: 10g/L
- Price: $21.95
- Tasting Notes: Nice apple foward flavours with crisp bubbles. Would pair nicely with a scallop appetizer
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