Farm Crawl

Hello world :)

First off I would like to say "Happy National Cake Decorating Day". While I do not celebrate this myself, I thought heck, someone out there does. So to you little pastry decorating fools out there, cheers!

Back on topic...

Yesterday I had quite a lovely Sunday wine-farm hopping with a couple of crazy kids. The area where I am in South Africa is speckled with some of the world's finest wineries, and being a typical female American, I absolutely love to sip back a couple glasses every now and then. I couldn't be in a more perfect place!

Vergelegen

 The weather was just beautiful and the wine was delicious. We went to Vergelegen and Lourensford, and while we meant to hit a trifecta we didn't quite make it to the third farm (which was probably best for not only the staff that would have served us, but our livers as well).

Sophistication at its finest

 A farm crawl is on a completely different level than a bar crawl because you aren't rubbing elbows with the local nasties and fist pumping to Lil John, you're sipping delectable wine with your nose in the air pretending you have more money than you actually do. De-lightful darling!

 The similarity between the two however is that you start at the first place with a brain between your ears and being able to speak without slurring and by the last place you are attempting to fit your mouth around the top of a glass or crawling on the ground like a gorilla. Alcohol is alcohol my friends.

Kids do not try this at home

No words to explain this one.

This blog is meant to be educational as well as silly so here is the lesson for the day:

Proper Wine Tasting 101

1. Look - Look at the wine. What color is it? Red, white, blush? Tilt the glass and gaze into the beautiful beverage. Then look around and see if other people are looking at you because you probably look strange.

2. Look again - Check out the opacity of the wine. Is it a thick merlot? It is a clear savignon? Are there little bits of cork floating around due to the waitress's poor wine-opening skills?

3.  Smell - Take a big whiff. Does it smell like a forest floor? Or like a robin's egg blue Crayola crayon (you might want to not drink it if it does, just sayin)? Fruity? Woody? Nutty? Just sniff and let the aroma take over your taste buds.

4. Taste - Take a small sip (don't down the whole thing drunkies!) and let it bee-bop around your mouth for a bit. Some people give it a little swish (gross).

5. Reflect - Reflect on the experience. Ponder. Write a poem about it. Heck, write a blog entry about it. (insert chuckle)


The best thing about this whole experience I must say is that in total it cost around $15 for 13 different wines. WAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM.