December is always interesting at wine club.
Instead of the traditional gift exchange, this year we brought a wine or wine product from our past (read "pre-kids"). Everything was in a plain, brown bag. No one was supposed to talk about what they were doing before the exchange.
Gifts were chosen in order of birthday.
Once a gift was open, the person who brought it had to explain the "past" association.
We learned a lot about each other this night.
We tasted EVERYTHING!
We also learned why this stuff is in our past.
More importantly, we learned that Paul Mason still sells wine in the carafe and you can pick it up at Safeway (top shelf, cheap wine aisle) for about $4! That is worth it just for the carafe! Pour the crappy chablis down the drain and enjoy your new carafe (they aren't that cheap anywhere else!)
What did we drink?
While I have no photographic evidence, the following was gifted:
Bartles & James Original Wine Cooler
Bartles & James Wild Berry Wine Cooler
Sutter Home White Zinfandel
Paul Mason Chablis
Andre Pink Sparkling Wine
Manischewitz
Christian Brothers Brandy & Diet Coke
It all sucks in 2013.
It probably sucked in 1990 or 1985. We just didn't know it.
Growing up has its privileges!
One of them is being comfortable paying a little more decent stuff to pour in your glass.
Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah!
Next year has already been planned and it will be a totally blind tasting followed by a blind gift exchange of the wines that were tasted :-) Reds, Whites, Sparklings are all fair game and we are going to let someone else pick them and bag them! It will be so much fun to see if we can figure out what they are!
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