Went to a wine tasting today. We arrived at Skyland Resort at 1:00pm, just in time for lunch at their restaurant. After being substantially disappointed by the very small portions of food (I’m not sure what they were thinking, especially being only .2 off the trail), we decided dessert was a must. Blackberry Ice Cream Pie. Don’t mind if I do. While enjoying a beer in their tap room we noticed a sign in the restaurant that was advertising a wine tasting at 3:00pm… how perfect is that? We could not pass up the opportunity.
Lovingston was the wine and it was naturally harvested, fermented, and bottled. Riaan Rossouw was the ambassador from the winery and did a phenomenal job of presenting, distributing, and informing our group about their wine. Here are a few notes I took during the event:
“You cannot make wine on an Excel spreadsheet”
Listen to the vineyard.
Each year are different temperatures, weather and other variables, which help create their respective vintages.
Why blend wine? For superiority. You can blend multiple great flavors for something even more spectacular… if you do it right that is.
We spent a good 45 minutes talking with Riaan afterwards, discussing simplicity and how that is such a disconnect from what truly makes us happy. He even offered to buy us a bottle of his own wine, which we glady accepted. Thank you Riaan!
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