They visited us that year for Christmas with said bottle and happily gave it to us as a gift under the tree. This was a beautiful bottle of Chardonnay that was part of Truro Vineyard’s Lighthouse Series. What does this mean? Well – take a look at the photo. Isn’t it cool? It is in the shape of a lighthouse - it doesn't get more Cape Cod than that! According to their website, “These wines represent a bit of a departure from the traditional wine, in large part because we put them into beautiful and colorful lighthouse shaped bottles. Sent to us from Italy, these bottles not only house wonderful wines, but are kept as keepsakes and souvenirs by tourists all over the world.”
What my parents didn’t know, was that they would learn on Christmas
Day that I was expecting our first child.
So, needless to say we hung onto the bottle of wine and saved it for
another day. There it stayed in our wine
refrigerator for over 8 years. We kept shuffling it around when new wine
arrived – but wanted to save it.
With the weather warming up here in the Valley of the Sun, I
have officially made the switch from reds to whites. Finally, I said to The Hubby, “Let’s open
this and drink it”. And we did. And it was delicious. Wow. Like, really amazing. It was rich, buttery, and full of all kinds
of yummy Chardonnay flavor.
Truro Vineyards still bottles Chardonnay, but not in the
Lighthouse Series. They have reserved that
series for three of their sweeter wines.
After speaking with the Truro, I also learned that they are launching a
distillery and will be ready to start selling Twenty Boat Spiced Rum in
May. This won’t be shipped yet, but
available if you visit the vineyard.
I hope you’ll take a look at their website, www.trurovineyardsofcapecode.com,
and check out their beautiful photos and wines.
Do you have special or unique wines that you are “saving”? I’d love to hear about them!
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