The Enchantments of Elgin

I do believe, my intrepid readers, that you may be spotting a trend in the number of Great Wine Adventures embarked upon in recent times - this can be attributed to a number of factors, including, but not limited to:

• The prolificacy of The Good Wine
• The prolificacy of The Homes of The Good Wine
• The prolificacy of our enthusiasm to drink The Good Wine
• The prolificacy of our enthusiam to visit The Homes of The Good Wine
• The incredible and most admirable willingness of The Homes of The Good Wine to host a Magic Tour bus load of The Ones who Love The Wine But Do Not Necessarily Know Much Thereof
• The ingenious ability of The One Who Knows The Wine (fondly referred to as The Gem of The Wines) to convince these poor, unsuspecting souls at The Homes of The Good Wine to host the aforementioned enthusiasts of The Wine

I do also believe that, by now, you may have realised I am building up to an account of another Great Wine Adventure. You are correct in your assumption. Below commences aforesaid account:

As the standard appears to be, our keen group of Enthusiasts gathered. There may have been a party or two who appeared mildly less keen but this was mainly attributed to their inability to reign in their enthusiasm for The Wine the eve before.

Onto our Magic Tour bus we hopped, fresh & buttery pastries in hand, compliments of the finest Hatch of baked goods.

The adventure began with talks of icing sugar related drug habits & the multiple forms of The Cancer Stick.

We adventured along winding mountain roads as the demerits of various rather unfortunate names were discussed.

After a brief debate on whether to indulge in the Wonderful Pies from our previous adventure before or after The Wine, we, most predictably, chose The Wine. Down a small dusty road we discovered our first destination - a tiny home of momentous examples of red wines filled with little jewels from wine. This proved that The Wine truly is a thing of Wonder.

We enjoyed blends, single varietals & vintages - we even took a little stroll around the vineyards where we discovered a pet or two enjoying the Fruits of The Vines (some of whom may have enjoyed a bunch or two too many).

The general response of The Group to The Wines on offer was overwhelmingly positive - so much so that 3 of the bottles purchased were consumed before we reached our next destination (given there was a brief stop for the purchase of The Wonderful Pies en route).

Having satisfied our breakfast apetites for The Red Wine, we were swiftly usher up a hill to a rather impressive Home of The Good Wine where we were, rather bravely, set free to create our very own example of The Good Wine. The Group was divided in order to foster a modicum of healthy competition & away we went - we were tasked with sampling 7 examples of the newly fermented vintage of The Sauvignon Blanc. We embarked on this task with gusto. There was also the small matter of having to combine the correct (in our wine-soaked minds) proportion of each to create a stunning example of The Good Wine. I recall much drinking of The Sauvignon Blanc - all of them in turn tasting rather pleasant and in the end we concurred that a blend of these would, in deed, be a good foundation to a worthy example of The Sauvignon Blanc. The exact details of how to go about this became far less pertinent when we caught sight of a table laid heavy with The Cheese.

A feast of The Cheese & all it's best associated ensued along with many more examples of The Good Wine.

In a haze of The Cheese & The Wine (I do appear to leave these events in a haze rather oftentimes), we delicately made our way back to The Magic Tour bus where much merriment (and Bavarian brews) ensued en route homewards where the fun continued to escalate at the beloved Beer Bar where many of our best examples of The Good Wines find themselves at home.

A true adventure was had by all - and all are counting down until the next.