Erci and Kate went to the Vintage Virginia Wine Festival with me today. We had some spectacular tastings of James River and Horton and Valhalla wines, then we got drenched in rain. I mean soaked through to our nickers and such that everything in our bags and purses was soaked right through. At one point the event coordinators were attempting to evacuate the site due to lightning and a tornado watch, but most attendees simple refused to understand the announcements. We got out before the mud got too high, though it took a while for the wines we’d bought to show up at the “will call” booth. Erci lost enough core body temperature that it took a long soak in the hot tub at home to get her back to normal. Of course, as soon as we left the site, the weather cleared up some.
Many thanks to Johnny for inviting us out to the event. He reports he found a Meteor wine called Firefly that tasted quite good, though we left before we found it to try ourselves. John, you rock!
We brought home:
Vino Curioso Chardontage 2007 (crisp white blend)
Vino Curioso 954 2006 (full bodied red blend)
James River Cellars 2006 Montpelier (surprisingly good blush with dry after notes)
James River Cellars 2006 Hanover White (yummy dry white)
James River Cellars 2006 Chambourcin (fantastic port-like blend, wow)
Wish we’d had time to snag Valhalla’s Cabernet Sauvignon, and Row Ten (white), and Horton’s wines (where we got soaked the first time).
We chased that with a wonderful house warming party in Centreville with friends. Pleasantly tired and mellow.
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