Specs Wine Tasting

Last night was Spec's Wine Wednesday and I must say it was not their best. The theme seemed to be wines around the world, since only 2 of the 20 wines were from the U.S (8 were from Italy alone!). Most of them were very dry and had all sorts of weird smells and tastes. We had a wine from Israel that smelled like a certain grass, a wine that smells like corn on the cob or ketchup depending on who you asked, a wine that tasted like you were drinking a glass of Big Red soda and also smelled like cheese, and one that tasted like green pepper. Overall, it was certainly an INTERESTING night. Unfortunately, a full 12/20 wines got x's from me. :( The only wine I ended up liking enough to give a check to was the Marchesi Incisa Moscato d'Asti from Italy.

Oh well, I ended up buying a cheese at least!

Anniversary Sushi

For our 1 yr anniversary, Stephen and I decided to go out for some sushi! Sushi is probably our favorite food, and we had a gift certificate to use and the night off so we headed out to Mikado.

We were staying for a while, so we decided to get some drinks out, which is something we usually don't do at restaurants. But, it was a special night and interesting drinks so we went ahead. Stephen got a small sake (which was terrible to me) and I tried a plum wine, which was great! It was very sweet - a little too sweet, like a dessert wine, but it was a very low alcohol wine. Then, our food came!

I love seaweed salad so much!

The sushi was REALLY great and it was hard to pick our favorites. I believe we got an eel roll, california roll, soft shell crab, and spicy tuna - all of which were amazing. To go along with our sushi, we decided to each order a flight of different flavored cold sakes. Each flight had about 2 ounces of 3 different sakes.

My sakes were pear, apple, and lychee flavored. The apple was by far the best, and the lychee tasted really strange. Pear flavored things are never really my thing, but they all were very interesting to try.

I'm not sure how to really tell Stephen's sakes apart, but there they are! It's cool to see how different sakes can taste. Here they are in case anyone is interested...

Flat Creek Winery

One thing from the past few months that I have to write about is our trip to Flat Creek Winery. We went on May 29th to celebrate Stephen and his mom's birthdays. I always love visiting wineries because they are always so beautiful and the people there are usually so knowledgeable about the wines they make there and it's fun to talk to them.

We shared a tasting of 9 wines, and most of them were very good. Our favorites were the syrah and their meritage, but the super texan was also a big favorite. At the tasting room, the parties sit at small tables and are served by a server. Our server was very nice, but she seemed a little too busy to really chat with us and explain the wines fully. It was still fun though.

After our wine tasting, we decided to have lunch at the small restaurant they have on the property. The food there was really good, and we split a bottle of wine with our meal - our favorite from the tasting - the meritage.

The view was very pretty, and overall it was a really fun and relaxing afternoon. 

Posting again!

Ugh, it has been SO long since I posted, and I am going to try and catch up and keep up with my blog now. The last few months have been so busy with the end of school and the start of summer that I just haven't been thinking about it too much. However, that does NOT mean that I have stopped drinking wine. From now on, I'm going to try to do a better job of keeping up!