On the Road and Buying Wine

I didn’t have the opportunity to write yesterday, because my fiance and I were traveling to Tampa on a business trip. We stopped in Savannah, GA overnight. I was only in Savannah once before and I happened to LOVE it. What a beautiful city, with so much to do! Of course, it has a reputation to uphold with Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Forrest Gump.

After eating dinner at Maurice’s Barbeque, which is a unique experience in and of itself, we headed to Piggly Wiggly to buy a bottle of wine. Now, I didn’t expect any great vintages, but we had to experience the novelty of being able to buy wine in a grocery store. After browsing the isle for about 10 minutes, we decided on a French Beaujolais. When we got back to the motel room I got out the wine opener. It was the aah-so type; the kind with the two prongs that you slip into either side of the cork and then twist while pulling up. After using a rabbit opener for some time, you loose your ability to open a bottle with anything that requires a little skill. I slipped the prongs into the bottle and noticed that the corked receeded instead of protruded. I immediately thought, “Uh-oh, I better let Bob finish this!” Well, I made the right decision, because I didn’t want to be the one responsible for having the cork floating in the wine. That’s exactly where the cork ended up, so we really had a “corked” bottle of wine. But it tasted fine anyway! I’m waiting until we get home to do the actual review of the Beaujolais.

Today, we stopped at Lakeridge Winery in Clermont, FL. for a tour and tasting. I talked with Kyle Johnson, Marketing Manager, and learn some intersting information about Lakeridge. Look for them to be featured on Wine Reviewer very soon.