Gotta Get Back on Track

It's late, yeah, yeah, I know, I was away over the weekend, so this is the first chance I've really had to work on it. 

It was a pretty full week, even if it didn't feel like it at the time. The kids were over on the weekend, insert running from friend's house to friend's house, work around the house, a brunch, and daylight savings time (ahhh, love the fall), it certainly felt busy enough.

I also went up with my mom to a friend's house to our annual Christmas Card Create-a-thon (self titled). This woman has stamps, and cutters, and punches, and glitter, and gadgets galore, so each year for the past 4-5 years we take a day to go up and visit her. We bring lunch, she provides the tools, and we all get our craft on. It's evolved from just Christmas cards to a bunch of different cards to have on hand, like thank you cards. It's fun, and a lovely kick-off to the holiday season. While I did that, Shane painted the living room! It's now a nice charcoal grey, and looks fresh and modern and lovely.

Also, while buying our Champagne this week, I had the honour of being full on IDed at the LCBO. Not just a quick scan of the ID, but a full-on break-out-the-UV-light-and-examine-that-puppy IDed. I didn't even know that there was a trillium emblem on our Driver's Licences that glowed under UV light... I thought there was just that kind of shiny little trillium on there, but no! There's a full UV light enabled circled logo hidden in there. 

November 10, 2016

This week we enjoyed a lovely bottle from Ca'Momi Winery in California: Ca'Secco. There wasn't too much going on with the popping of the top, although the bubbles were very loud in the bottle. 

In the glass, it had a dry, tart scent, kind of like granny smith apples. The first thing I got when I tasted it was crab apples. Shane agreed, and added that it had a bit of cranberries going on also, so basically tart and dry, with maybe a touch of sweet. 

It had a very creamy mouth feel with was nice. Shane thought it tasted very sweet, I didn't at first, but after a few sips, it did gain a sweet momentum, and seemed to keep getting sweeter. When we were pouring it, it appeared colourless, like bubbly water. In the glass though you could see a very pale yellow, but not much. 

Overall, we did like it, but it did end a touch sweet. So we would drink it again, but maybe not buy it again, for us alone. But we wouldn't hesitate to serve it to friends or to bring it to a friend's house. 

~S

• Brand: Ca'Momi Winery
• Type of Grape: Not noted 
• Sweetness: 13g/L
• Price: $17.95
• Tasting Notes: Dry apple and cranberry flavours, nice mouthfeel, would pair nicely with apple pie.