#alone and

[dobbybot]

i worry about my nan. if she's alone and falls, does she make a noise?

[du-og-meg]

It's cold in my room :( I want someone to cuddle

[swirlwineconsulting]

Cabernet Franc: The Ideal Summer-Into-Fall Wine

Light and lithe yet sufficiently substantial, Cabernet Franc is the only wine you need to take you from summer to fall.

I have always said that the wines of Burgundy, both red and white, are my desert  (and dessert :)) island wines. However, Cabernet Franc in all its illustrious iterations run a tight second in the red category.  It blends magnificently in the best Bordeaux, stands alone like a champ in the Loire Valley, tames some of the tannin-bombed Meritage blends from California, plays very well alone and with friends in Washington State and Oregon, as well. I have to play catch up on Virginia and New York State’s progress in this arena-although I was once called snobbish for blinding a Virgina Cab Franc and calling it Washington State. Frankly, I thought it was a compliment.

I love Cab Franc and I also have a wine crush on Lettie Teague.  I think she’s smart because she likes many of the same wines I do. She writes about Lang & Reed and Domaine des Roches Neuves, also favorites. Although, for just a few dollars more she may have lauded Land & Reeds Premier Etage, a perennial favorite of mine during October Birthday Month, when I can find it.

Hungary presented me with some amazing Cab Franc contenders like Bolyki and Villanyi-pioneers in old time methods of fine wine production. I fell in love with an ‘08 Cab Franc Rose from Villanyi that still has another year left in it-believe it or not.  All praise to small producers around the planet doing the gods work by creating these lovely wines!

[dobbybot]

i worry about my nan. if she's alone and falls, does she make a noise?

[gardengnomemalaria]

more pictures heh