In addition to my figurative love affair with wine, I'm happy to say that I'm literally in love with a very awesome guy, and have been for three years in October! Charlottesville is an epicenter of history, scenery, and of course WINE MAKING! What better place to spend our anniversary? I was able to carve out a weekend and celebrate with a quick road trip.
At this point, you might think that hearing from Wine Cruisers is a “blast from the past.” A new blog that rolled out last summer only to fizzle out by Labor Day. Almost like a real-life summer romance!
But I am nothing if not a monogamist, even if I’m an inconsistent one. Wine cruising is still my one true love, the one thing I come back to after all my other flings disappoint me. My job, being in grad school, and the holidays were the homewreckers this time. Enough with the excuses, let’s proceed!
We took a break from cruising this weekend to take care of some obligations. But now that the Labor Day hubbub has passed and everyone is settling back into the workday doldrums, I figured I'd try to cheer everyone up a bit with the experience that we had on Labor Day!
Sometimes, one of the best trips happen when you don't plan them. That was exactly the case this weekend. With Andrew busy on Saturday and me wanting a "break" from all things that require any amount of effort (including blogging...yes, this actually requires a brain cell), we planned to have a low-key Sunday. I started school part-time this week, so I knew I would need a break. The cruises might be a little less epic than the three, four sometimes FIVE at a time extravaganzas we've seen this summer. But rest assured that I'll still be on the radar.
Isn't it funny how you can live somewhere for a while and not experience some of the local attractions? Andrew's parents have lived in the NoVa area for years, and had never been wine tasting out here! Nor had Andrew and I, until recently. Beginning at home in Fairfax County, we decided to take Andrew's parents to one of our favorite places, along with making some new discoveries.
This next installment of "great grapes" isn't just about one grape, per se....but a variety of wine that is becoming very popular as the US's answer to Bordeaux blends. Even before I got serious about wine, I knew that France was supposed to be the mecca of wine. I'm setting myself up for a flogging again but...I don't really see why. Perhaps someone can whisk me off to an all-expenses-paid trip out there to show me what the fuss is about? ;-)
Hello fellow 2011 Virginia Earthquake survivors! The nightmare is over, the buildings still stand, the Washington Monument is not leaning to far to the left or right (depending on your political affiliation) and the earth below our feet has not opened up to a fiery pit of hell. With all this excitement and the surely treacherous drive home on the DC Metro area's parking lots they call "highways", you need the perfect post-disaster wine.