I went by Swirl yesterday to see B and K and catch up since I’ve been housebound for the most part due to my feet. B chilled a bottle of La Reve and I was about to leave but decided to just stay behind and have a taste – B, the wine expert, who has labelled all the wines in the store by their taste – Fruity and Fresh, Supple and Refined, Big and Bold – declared the sparkling wine from Napa “fucking unbelievable” – now that is a ranking I can get next to and I did – the bubbles had a nose of coconut and a taste of freshness and celebration in the glass. Wow – what a wine. She heated up some blue cheese bread from La Boulangerie and we settled into a little visiting that included friends dropping in – D rode up on her scooter decorated head to toe in some sort of Pucci St Patty’s day fantasy costume – L and K left their respective cranky diabetic girlfriends behind to stop by – as well as other wine shoppers who came looking for B and K’s expertise in selecting wonderful wines to take home and share with others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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