I thought I'd take the weekend off, but then my partner made burgers and insisted we needed a nice red to go with it. So, I may have stolen a bottle from my parent's collection as I'm trying to save a lot of my personal collection for this coming Saturday when I plan to have some employees over and give them some lessons. I stole a quaint Napa Cabernet Sauvignon from them that my mother really enjoys.
It was decent and bearable. I still am not a big fan of oak, try as I might. I wish I could like it. It's the premise for so many wines. I just struggle with the oak as it makes the wine almost too spicy for me? I just don't like it as much. However, I managed through this and enjoyed the sips with the bites of beef patty.
Featured in the background are some beautiful African Violets which have a very odd story tied to them for my family. There is a tapestry hanging in my bathroom that my mother gave me explaining how to take care of African Violets. It used to hang in her bathroom and before that in her grandmother's bathroom I believe. My mother could never explain to me why it was traditionally kept in the bathroom, but it simply is. And since I have this beautiful tapestry and slight knowledge (although I do have a knack for killing plants it seems), she gifted me the beautiful pot. Now, let's see if I can keep this plant alive. I mean I do have perfect instructions to reference back to in my bathroom.'
Today was a rainy day. It would have been quite the day to enjoy some good wine. I'm just so nervous about drinking something that my employees may want to try. My collection as of now has 4 Cabernet Sauvignon, 1 Merlot, 1 Shiraz, 1 Valpolicella Ripasso, 1 Chianti, 1 Italian Red Blend of 8 grapes, 1 Zweigelt, 1 Saint Emilion Bordeaux Blend, 1 Pomerol Bordeaux Blend, 1 Saint Estephe Bordeaux Blend, 1 Chateauneuf-du-Pape, 1 Blaufrankish, 1 Austrian Red Blend, 1 Burgundy, 1 Barolo, 1 Roero Arneis Reserva (Yes, you read that right. Monchiero Carbone is doing amazing and groundbreaking work with their white wines), 2 Sauvignon Blancs, 1 Pouilly-Fuisse, 1 Sancere, 2 Domestic White Blends, 1 Txomin Etxaniz, 1 Moscato D'Asti, 2 Rieslings (1 dry and 1 regular), 1 Lambrusco, 2 local sweet wines, 1 local Petillant Naturel, 1 Muscadet, 1 Chardonnay, 1 Albarino, and 2 Pinot Grigio. It's not much but it's certainly a start and a little something for everyone to try and for everyone to like something. This event is coming about because one employee went to Jordan recently and brought home some Jordanian wine and wanted to try with some individuals that knew something about wine, and I'm certainly doing my best to learn and pass on that information so I planned out the event. I just can't wait to get through it so I can start just picking wines to enjoy and share with the blog.
Anyways, I've told you about tonight's drink of choice, I've told an odd story about flowers and tapestries, and I've bragged about the beginnings of my collection. Now, I say goodnight and hope that if you like oak you have the opportunity to try this Cabernet Sauvignon. If you do not like oak like me, you probably will not like this. It is a true Napa Cabernet in every sense.
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