- Bourbon Bacon Cheddar Cheese Fondue - This had some mustard powder in it which was a bit overpowering since neither of us really enjoy mustard. It wasn't overwhelming and certainly didn't stop us from eating every single piece of bread, vegetable, and granny smith apple that came with it!
- White Chocolate Crème Brûlée Fondue - This was their special dessert fondue at the time. This was a bit too sweet for Brett. Both of us did like it, but since most of the items to dip were sweet we would have preferred something with a bit of bitterness for contrast to the fondue.
- 2010 - Vinaceous - Shiraz - Snake Charmer - This was really good with dinner and made a nice complement to the fondue.
Megan also had a new sandwich on our return home at Panera.
- Big Kid Grilled Cheese - Three kinds of cheese and bacon were delicious, especially with Panera's cream of tomato soup.
There was a special tasting of wines from Bourdeaux at Vintage Cellar on Thursday this week.
- 2012 - Vieux Château Gaubert Benjamin de Vieux - Château Gaubert - Blanc
- 2011 - Château Barrabaque - Cuvée Antoine
- 2012 - Chateau Clou du Pin - red Bourdeaux blend
- 2009 - Château Plaisance (Bordeaux Supérieur)
- 2009 - Château Bellegrave du Poujeau
- 2010 - Château Dasvin-Bel-Air
- 2010 - Château Hourtin-Ducasse
- NV - Domaine des Nugues Beaujolais-Villages - Made by G - Have someone who says they don't like wine? Give them some of this to change their mind - it's light, effervescent, refreshing, and clearly grape, but very drinkable and would go very well with Thanksgiving dinner.
- 1998 - Charles Melton - Cabernet Sauvignon - Wes, the distributor, likes to bring one wine from his cellar to play "guess the wine" with. This is a pretty old wine and has really changed from a typical Cab Sauv flavor profile. It was almost like a tawny, but still with what Megan feels is a typical eucalyptus aroma from Australian wines. It's amazing what 15 years can do to change a wine's flavor and this was fun to taste.
Last but not least, we have a few new beers we tried.
- Bison Brewing - Organic Gingerbread Ale - The first Christmas beer tried for the season. This was interesting and is supposed to be a porter with gingerbread flavors added in. It was okay, but nothing we would go out of the way to have again.
- Saucony Creek - Captain Pumpkin’s Maple Mistress - This was a maple "pumpkin" beer, but actually was made with butternut squash. The maple that was added is hard to notice in either the aroma or on the palate.
- J.K.’s Northern Neighbour - Farmhouse Cider - Saskatoon Cuvee - This is an absolutely excellent cider. This is Fall in a bottle. Superb and everyone should seek this out for an example of an excellent cider.
- Unibroue - La Fin du Monde - Very delicious Belgian-style triple that was fermented on lees. Yeast and citrus aromas and a delicious taste.
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