This week’s Booze pick is WINE!
Wine is served in a fancy glass that is usually only half full. You swirl the glass, smell the wine and savour the flavour as it soothes your tongue. Sounds like fun! So, we decided to take our 2 Boozes research team out to the Okanagan Wine Country to find the hidden passion in wine making and discover what makes it sparkle.
The winery that we chose to visit was the Elephant Island Orchard Wines, nestled in the vineyards near Penticton BC. That is a long way for two Saskatchewan neighbours to travel; but we did it for you. We always want to provide you with the best booze data that we can.
Sitting in the bistro patio at Elephant Island, we swished a sparkling Pink Elephant wine and we swooshed fine Cherry Wine (enjoyed it so much that we brought a few bottles home to share with all of our friends). And then we sniffed, snorted and swallowed a few other wines made with apricots, crab apples, black cherries, grapes and whatever other fruits they had on hand. Just like us and our paralyzer research, the wine makers continue to try new fruit pairings and make new creations all the time.
Getting back to that research, the hidden passion is found in the fruits and the hours of labour that goes into watering, picking, squishing and pitting them. And the thing that makes the wine sparkle, it’s all those free samples that make your eyeballs glossy.
If you travel to the Okanagan, we recommend this winery and the Pink Elephant wine. The lovely bright pink hues carry millions of tiny bubbles that dance across the tongue. And the favourite "pairing" to this drink is fun Fun FUN. Sounds to me like this is the perfect comparison to our Blog, we have so many similarities to the Pink Elephant. They also say that if the pink elephants aren't dancing for you yet, pour yourself another glass (or two). A wine after our own hearts; pink dancing elephants. Now if we could only find one that talked about monkeys that way!
Visiting the winery has inspired us to be more descriptive with our blog wording, more creative with our photos and more entertaining for you. Watch for great things to come.
A get together for us is never complete without a paralyzer, so we did finish the day off with a BBQ, and a delicious Pinnacle Whipped Vodka, Kahlua paralyzer.
Check out Elephant Island Orchard Wines
Wines to amuse and to amaze...
Expect the unexpected and prepare for a flavour voyage
