Our friends have been trying to set up a get together with us but one reason or another has kept us from our appointed rendezvous. But, the time finally arrived and they gave us only one clue, we were told that we must bring 4 wine glasses. We didn't need to bring anything else. We decided that in keeping with current guidelines, we would meet in the vineyard. My husband procured a white table cloth and arriving before our friends, we turned our humble picnic bench into white tablecloth dining.
Our friends arrived with their surprise, which was a virtual tasting with Michael Cruse of Cruse Wine Company along with the 4 samples that they received by being on the waiting list for Michael Cruse's sought after Ultramarine.
That was quite the surprise!
The sparkling wine samples were poured, labeled A through D, the iPad was turned on to the preloaded Virtual Tasting Event with Michael Cruse and we were sampling Michael Cruse sparkling wines!
We listened to Michael Cruse explain how Champagne is made and how he goes about making his style of American "Champagne". (Champagne can be called "Champagne" only if the grapes are grown and the resulting product comes from the Champagne region in France.) He explained a little about the 4 samples we had before us, saying that even he did not know which was which. One sample was the control, one sample had a dosage of 2 g/liter, one sample had a dosage of 5 g/liter and one sample had a dosage of 10 g/liter.
This was interesting! We were all able to pick out the sample with the 10 g/liter dosage and one of us really liked that style. It was difficult to pick out the identity of the other samples, so there was a lot of tasting going on.
This was not the end of the evening and Part 2 requires its own blogpost, so please stay tuned.
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