Are you aware that Christmas is next weekend? I don’t want to think about it yet so let me ignore it a bit longer.
Lately, I have had sparkling wine dreams, not champagne since all I dreamed about were from California. I went to a Fireside Chat at The Fireplace in Brookline over the weekend with some friends and procrastinated some more about the impending Christmas holiday. What better than to procrastinate with sparkling wine?
They gave us a paper to write the wines we tasted down. Did I bother to write anything down after the first one I tried? No.
The first one I tried was Barefoot Moscato Spumante, on the left, and it was by far my favorite of the afternoon. It is also the most reasonable priced, a double bonus. I like my sparkling wine on the sweet side and this foot the bill.
We also tried 2 Schramsberg sparkling wine, Blanc de Blanc and Blanc de Noir.
They look the same but I preferred the Blanc de Noir, being a pinot noir fan.
The final two we tried were from J Winery and Vineyards, a Vintage Brut and a Cuvee 20.
These were a little to dry for my taste. I might have added some St. Germain to them. (The horror!)
In between, we were told about the wines and why you should not take a sword and slice off the top of the bottle.
All for $25, not a bad afternoon on a cold December Saturday. They are having other Fireside Chats but I am especially interested in the Colonial Drink ones, being the history buff that I am.
Doing these type of things definitely kept that creeping feeling of loneliness away for a little while. I may have to get some Barefoot Moscato Spumante to help with that loneliness feeling this weekend. I know, drinking will not help, but it is an excuse to drink some of it.
Losing the Shadow Behind Me 