BURN!

You godless heathens!
No, I'm kidding. Happy Halloween everyone. I have some more Wines that I tasted that were awesome recently!

First up:

Wolf Blass Grey Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

Hokey smokes! Soft, lush berry on the nose with delicious smooth fruit on the palate. Well balanced tannis and oak treatment give this wine a beautiful finish. Cellaring potential up to 10 years!

Frescobaldi Campo ai Sassi Rosso di Montalcino 2003

This was a great italian in disguise! Nice acidity on the body with some great earthy notes and long finish make this one great with food. Especially with Wild Boar and mushrooms!

Portlandien Bourgogne Chardonnay 1997

Picked up from the store I work at for a killer six bucks, I reasoned that if it was bad, it could be some great cooking wine. Well, it was stellar and I lucked out and got a good bottle! Rich and grassy, this chard showed great depth to it with cut hay, butter'y smoothness. Too bad I won't be able to find this around anymore.

Anyway, off to watch "Scars of Dracula" with Scotty and John.


Murphy, give the children candy this year. Not dried corn like you did before.

Travels and new Chapters

So I'm packing to leave tomorrow to go to North Battleford, Sask. The old homestead of my Mum's side of the family for a funeral of one of my adopted aunts. Adelaide Dodds was her name and I feel kinda stupid in not knowing exactly how old she was, but I have comfort in knowing that she was old and had a good life over the many years that she was apart of our family. From what I remember, Adelaide met my grandfather and grandmother just after the Second Great War when they decided to settle in North Battleford. Her mother, Grandma Dodds was connected to the family in the same way and so began the long friendship and family connections that lasted all these years. Grandma Dodds passed on some time in the early '90's after living for over a hundred years and seeing many of her adopted children and grandchildren grow up. I was too young to remember Grandma Dodds except in fragments of memory but I remember Adelaide was like her. Kind-hearted and plesant, she took keen intrest in her adopted family and the successes and maladies that they all had through the years. When she developed cancer some time ago, we thought the worst. But, like many hearty Saskatchewan folk, she survived and and the cancer went into remission and she continued to live happily. Until recently when it came back in force, and we all knew that time was short. She drew her last breath peacefully on October 7th at 11.00 pm after being in the hospital for only a day and the rest of her time in her home cared for by her friends and family.
So, tomorrow I make the long treck with my Brother and Dad to North Battleford with a pit-stop to pick up my Mum and Sister in Saskatoon to help end this chapter of the Dodds family. It'll be a mixed feelings trip as it will be good to see all of my family that I haven't seen at all this year, but quite sad as all of us were linked to this great individual.
That's all for now.