Description on the bottle: Style: Silky texture, fruit forward, full bodied, lightly oaked, long finish. Primary growing region: Sonoma County. This coastal region benefits from warm sunny days that contribute to body and texture, and cool nighttime fog which maintains the crisp nature of the fruit character.
Sarah says: Now THIS is a red wine that I can enjoy! I love it! It's so smooth and lasting. I find that many red wines have a spicy, peppery element that makes me gag. This has none of that. No hints of other fruits and flavors either. And it's not watery or too juicy. It's just smooth, thick, grape wine. It leaves a wonderful flavor in my mouth, and my tummy is warm and full. I want more.
Overall rating: Two high thumbs up!
Sarah says: Last month I wrote a couple of serious posts, read them here and here. So, today I decided I need to lighten the mood, and write about something that I've been thinking about all weekend. Brain freeze. What the heck causes it? It was Friday night, we were out at Michigan Adventure (which was awesome by the way, I will totally be going back there!), enjoying an ice cream treat. I looked up and saw Jon looking like this:
How is it that we can grow up, get college degrees, raise kids, but we can't figure out how to eat our ice cream slowly? I did some googling, and according to Wikipedia, a brain freeze, or ice-cream headache as the professionals call it, is the result of eating or drinking a very cold substance. I feel smarter already!
Apparently, it has to do with the ice cream touching the roof of your mouth when you swallow. An ice cream headache is the direct result of the rapid cooling and rewarming of the capillaries in the sinuses. The cold temperature causes the capillaries in the sinuses to constrict and then experience extreme rebound dilation as they warm up again. I find this fairly fascinating, our bodies are amazing.
Another theory into the cause of ice-cream headaches is explained by increased blood flow to the brain through the anterior cerebral artery, which supplies oxygenated blood to most medial portions of the frontal lobes and superior medial parietal lobes. This increase in blood volume and resulting increase in size in this artery is thought to bring on the pain associated with an ice-cream headache. Seriously, who is smart enough to figure this out.
The part that I find the funniest, is that most people moan and hold their heads until the pain goes away. The reality is that holding onto the brain won't help one bit. The better approach is to drink a liquid that is warmer than the ice cream, or hold your mouth open to allow the warmer air in. Nonetheless, watching someone wriggle in pain while banging on their head will always remain hilarious and fascinating.
Remember next time you are enjoying a cold glass of wine, take it slow!
