Meet my two new friends, Drachenstein and Klosterberg. They've come all the way from the Rheingau to visit with us for the evening. Both are 100% pure-bred German Reisling, and hail from the same vineyard in the same year (2003). One's a little sweeter than the other (he's a Trockenbeerenauslese, after all) but let's be honest, they don't come much more wholesome than this. After a night of sheer Pinocity, a little chocolate caramel covered popcorn with these little sweeties really hit the spot. But I'm getting ahead of myself!
We were gifted with a small window of sunshine, so we thought it the perfect time to spend at the Archery Summit vineyard house. Talk about living like kings! Not only did we have a deck overlooking the stunning Renegade Ridge Vineyard and beyond, but each of the five rooms had beds so large they were square! Naturally, as one does in such a situation, we pulled the cork on numerous bottles to celebrate our brief getaway (so much Pinot Noir).
Then we played a lot of pingpong and woke up to gorgeous foggy vines out the window...
And the day continued with an awesome walkabout and taste through Sokol Blosser's lineup. Do you think we over-did it with all that Pinot? Wait, too much Pinot?! I think not!
