Today I bought the next wine I'll be trying out at one of my favorite places on earth, Play It Again Sam's in Chestertown, MD. If by some twist of fate you're ever on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, going to Sam's for an Alaskan and to pick up a bottle of wine is essential. Here's a little visual taste of the next bottle...
While enjoying this oddly warm day downtown, I also checked out the latest addition to a series of junk shops that are always popping up around town. These shops are usually historic (or just old) houses with each room just filled with... stuff. Everything from old bicycles to awesome, metal granny sunglasses. The twist on this sort of thing at this particular shop seems to be that all of the odds and ends are intended for actual use. There is a cork board covered with working vintage corkscrews (weeeee!) and all kinds of other trinkets looking for a new home and a fresh lease on life. Now let me tell you what, they don't make drinking accouterments like they used to. I've been looking for real, legit, fancy champagne glasses for ages and today was my lucky day...
These are rimmed with what I'm told is real gold leaf... honestly they may not be safe to drink out of but eff that. Let the white and/or sparkling beverages flow, baby. My biggest regret is not having these on hand for a recent Great Gatsby themed party... I guess we'll just have to do that one all over again. I can't stop picturing pink champagne pouring over a pyramid of these, they're just so decadent and they came wrapped in this beautiful mint green tissue, bonus!
Anyway, I bought this wine based on the bottle because its very minimal and mysterious and a beautiful shade of green and has a red and white cap that makes me think of the words SODA POP. I'll have to do a little researching to find out more about it: check back for the review and the movie pairing this week!
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