I'm taking a break from our usual posts tonight to write about a fantastically fun evening I recently spent with two of my dearest friends, in celebration of this blog. We were also just in need of a girls' night. Plus there's no denying Meg's infectious enthusiasm when she starts to plan anything really. You just find yourself along for the (extremely entertaining) ride. A night with her, our friend Karin, cheap wine, and tons of food sounded like heaven.
Oh, and then there was this game we decided to play, in honor of the blog. Wine Discovery, by L'Atelier du Vin. 
I shouldn't say we actually played; I don't even know if it comes with a rule booklet. If you've ever come across this game, you know that it's highly entertaining straight out of the box. Let me preface my explanation by saying there was a lot of wine flowing that night and a lot had been consumed by the time Meg brought the box out. In other words, there wasn't a chance in Hades we would have been able to follow any directions, even if they had been included in the box.
The game includes about 40 tiny caps that contain various scents of popular flavors used in wines. According to their website, the game is a 'Tasting Method that helps you discover the vintage, the region of origin or the appellation of the wine'. I don't know about all that but I definitely learned way more about the scents and um, flavors, they supposedly use in wines. Tea? Lavender? Mould?
And my personal favorite: Pipi du Chat, otherwise known as Cat Urine.
On that note, happy drinking! I challenge you to find me a wine that uses cat pee as a scent or flavor. Who wants to bet they only use that in the really expensive bottles of wine?
Yeah I'm gonna have to agree cat pee is not a flavor I look for in wine. I'm going to have to get a copy of that game though.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun night. Wish I was there. Oh WAIT a minute!!!! I was! Let's do that again!
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