Truro Vineyard

[ShortWiner]

Returned Monday night from our 2nd Anniversary trip to Cape Cod. We stayed in Truro and had a great time. Sunday afternoon we visited this tiny little winery which has apparently been open only 12 years or so. Got a tour and tasted what they have to offer. My hopes were not high, but when the tour arrived in the barn where they make the juice, I was discouraged to see a pallet of sugar. When I asked, our guide said it was for the rose. She also said, in the same breath, that their Chard is influenced more by France than California, and that oak is a signature flavor of the grape.

Sure enough, the Chard was pretty oaky and the rose sickly sweet. There were several others, some blends. Some were fairly decent but none spoke to me. Most were over-oaked for my taste and not worth the price. It seems they buy most of their grapes from California and NY; the vinyard is too small to rely only on what it can produce on-site.

Nevertheless, we enjoyed ourselves, and I hope to be able to lure my wife to some higher-quality vinyards soon.

[Thomas]

Sounds like some of the wineries that used to screw up the true identification of the Finger Lakes region.

2nd Anniversary! Do you have any idea how many years you'll need to catch up to my upcoming "decaversary?"

[ShortWiner]

98? Oh no, that would be called a centennial. I guess 8 [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/tongue.gif[/img] We'll get there; next month will mark 8 years of being together, and a very happy 8 years they've been [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img] When is the Decaversary?

[Thomas]

Well Shortwiner, I was trying to make a word for a multi-decade versary--maybe I should have put that together. Our multidecadeversary (30) comes up November.
We have decided to take an October trip through Bergerac, Languedoc and up to Avignon to celebrate. One of my wine suppliers in Bergerac will put us up for a few days, provided I help with the harvest...

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[Georgie]

Wow, Foodie. That sounds wonderful.

[ShortWiner]

Ah, ok, 10 years didn't seem to fit...30 is truly something to celebrate, and it sounds like you've got a great trip planned.

[Thomas]

Do you think I should ask my wife to join me???

[ShortWiner]

[img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/redface.gif[/img] What do you mean? You're considering not taking her? But won't you need the extra hands to carry back the wine you buy there? [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Thomas]

Good point. She'll just have to come along. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/eek.gif[/img]

My word, if she ever saw these posts I'd be looking for a lawyer...

[hotwine]

Yeah, I've thought the same thing, Foodie. It's a good thing wives have a sense of humor.

[Thomas]

I don't know about that, I won't let her read these posts--won't even tell her about this wine board [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/eek.gif[/img]

[winoweenie]

WIMP! ww [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

[Thomas]

That's right ww: Wise Individual Male Person...