My post today was going to be about donuts and hot chips as that pretty sums up my week of food while entertaining Miss 3 and her 12 year old cousin. John (my husband) has saved the day by arriving home with my own personal little food and wine festival. He attended an event hosted by 'Cuisine' celebrating their 150th issue, tasting New Zealand Sauv Blancs, roses and dessert wines, and as he kindly informed me I could have attend too. He knows just how much I would have loved something like this - hence the 'guilt' reference in the title of this post.
Being the consummate 'hunter-gatherer' he managed to bring home three very tasty bottles for me to try and carefully packaged anti pasto nibbles and a couple of very nice cheeses.
My first taste (well actually a pretty large glass) was the Cable Bay - 2011 Sav Blanc and it was amazing. Was it because it was my first glass after a long day? I'm not sure but I'm going to go back and check my initial reactions to it.
The second wine was a bit of a 'tried and true' one for us from the Saint Clair winery. The passionfruit taste that lingers is fantastic. We usually have their 'vicars choice' as it is a cheaper option than the 'reserve' I had tonight.
The third was ok but nothing on the first two.
The Cable Bay and Saint Clair were marked with a 'red dot' from the tasting - identified as the better wines of the evening - I would have to concur.
Just tried a bit more of the Cable Bay - yes it is amazing, really light, crisp and very easy to drink - no wonder that first glass slipped down so easily.
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