Wine and Good Times

So I went Wine Tasting on Saturday...Man on Man did I have a good time.

If you know me, you know that I love wine. Heck I've even traveled to far out locals to watch polo and taste wine.


I love the pairings with food. I love the different tastes, how various fermentation's can bring about various tastes...


The wood, the oak, the cherry, the crisp, the tropical, the smokey...it's all a process.

My favorite was a Traminette...it was just fabulous.

I went to Loudon Valley Vineyard...and there is a female vintner there..Bree Moore...GO GIRL!!!

The Traminette they produced was heavenly!!!

As I learned in speaking with the staff...there is a process to the Traminette that was cultivated at Cornell University in the 60's.

Go figure...Hippies were messing with wine...

Well apparently they were doing it at UC Berkley and tons of other colleges and universities all in the hopes of producing a grape or a wine that would be of great production.

And yes it was possible with the Traminette...

As I enjoyed my sipping of wine this weekend I also enjoyed the great company of a good friend.

We both share in a love of wine...and enjoyed learning about the various ways the vintners fermented the wines...

Aluminum Tins, oak barrels, adding of sugars...it's all a lengthy process which takes years to perfect...if there is even such a thing as perfection....

There was even the addition of fragrance...the Traminette I drank had the addition of rose petals...which made it smell completely romantic...

Or maybe I was in a romantic mood...but no really it smelled fantastic...and became even more aromatic as it sat in my glass.

Really...all of this about wine...much like my quirks...I am intrigued to learn more...it costs money to produce this wine...it costs money to take a risk on something that may not sell at all...

Hmmm go figure....

The wine and good times were surely there...to be had to be taken in to be understood in a way that only your brain continues to process...

It made me google fermentation...it made me google Traminette...it stayed on my brain and still has be thinking....

Hmmm...all this for wine...I'm going back in 2 weeks.