Friday wine goodness: Let them drink Cakebread.

So, first off, the Newman's Own hasn't actually been broken into.  Apparently last weekend I was in a Shiraz-blend mood, and stuck to the Penfolds.  Second, since my posting this week has been pretty lame, I will offer that the shock collar training with one very mischievous poodle has gone about 50/50 on the good/bad side, so far.  I'm a little afraid he may need a pacemaker after this, but we keep trying.  Look for Max at a John Kerry rally near you. 

Anyhoodles, I came here today to write about wine, didn't I?  Right, well, I'll get to that in a minute. 

So, quick back story, next week my husband starts a new Yob.  This is good news, and bad news.  The good is he is very excited to be returning to the wireless telecom/technology sector, where he can geek out to his little heart's content.  The bad is that this new company starts its day at 8am, and is a 20-25 minute commute, so the morning routine of our entire household (ie: my lazy-ass routine of sleeping until 7am and getting up when he brings me coffee) will be turned on its ear. (pout pout pout. whine whine whine. Wait, what's that? A bigger paycheck? Paid benefits? Shutting up now.)

(God I take a long time to make a point, don't I?)

Right so, my husband finished his notice earlier in the week and has been biding his time being a househusband, getting some things done that desperately needed doing while he had a chance.  When I got home from a worthless hour of time I'll never get back at the Sprint Store, he said, "My last night of (brief) unemployment!  Let's open the Cakebread!"

A couple of years ago, he read a recommendation for Cakebread wines, and we took one to a dinner party of a friend who is quite the wine connoisseur, and it played well.  Since, we've saved a bottle for ourselves to celebrate with.  It's a nice chardonnay, Cakebread, and not cheap.  If you can find it for around $30 you're doing pretty well, but I've seen it for $60 and even behind glass doors for certain years.  Since I think I've mentioned before my threshold for wine prices, the Newman's Own of last week falling above my normal range at $14.99 a bottle, the Cakebread seems a huge extravagance.  But, hey, I'm all for celebrating, so once again I skipped yoga last night in favor of wine and a nice dinner with my family.

It was pretty good, I must admit.  But I guess just not as good as I imagined it being given how expensive it was.  It doesn't beat my all time favorite chard, La Crema, that's for sure.  I also think for the splurgy-price,  the Shafer is much better.

And what did we pair with our fahncy wine?  Are you ready for this?

Ham steaks and white rice.  When my husband told me that was the menu to accompany our celebratory wine, I asked if maybe we should also drink it out of jelly jars?  He didn't find it that amusing.  But I sure did.

Comments

[Average Jane]

I'm kind of a cheapskate when it comes to wine, but I've found a red I adore: Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel. At Lukas I can get it for less than $10 a bottle, so I like to stock up.

[SJ]

I'm such a cheapskate when it comes to the vino as well, but that's okay - I'm a cheap date.

Please pass the Yellowtail.

So anyway! Congrats to the husband on the new job! And I'm sorry that your schedule will be turned on it's ear....mine will be doing the same stuff come Fall when a certain little person in my house starts school. Eh.