The Wino and I Know

3.5 Million Dollar Bottle of Tequila!?

Tequilera Hacienda La Capilla created a bottle of tequila that is sure to get their name recognized. The bottle is made entirely of pure platinum, and covered with 40,000 diamonds! The bottle contains 100% agave tequila, but the main value of the tequila is in the fancy bottle.

Salisbury Wine Festival

About a month ago Tim, my Mom and I went to the Salisbury Wine Festival. There was a great selection of wineries to sample from and great food to eat while taking a break form all of the great wines. 15 Maryland wineries were represented at the festival and all of the wineries had an impressive about of wines to taste. My favorite winery at the festival was Bordeleau winery, located in Eden, Maryland. They had a wonderful unoaked Chardonnay that we enjoyed with our lunch. The unoaked Chardonnay had a very crisp taste, with some nice fruity notes.

A row of winery tents

The wino and i drinking some wine

 

Spending Time With Elephants

While Tim, my mom and I were in South Africa we went to the Knysna Elephant Reserve. The Elephant Reserve takes in orphan elephants that have deviated from their "herd". While we were at the reserve we were given the opportunity to feed the elephants fruit, and bottle feed the baby elephants! It was so amazing to interact with the elephants and see how the elephants interact with each other. If you ever have the opportunity to spend some time with elephants, definitely take advantage of the opportunity.

The wino (Tim) and I feeding the elephants fruit.

Tim bottle feeding one of the baby elephants. Notice how the end of the elephants trunk is on the end of the bottle, to help Tim hold the bottle.

 

The Deli

 

Above is a picture of, Mitch, one of the owners of The Deli proudly holding his creation in front of a sign that one of the waitresses Stephanie painted. 

The Deli Is my favorite new Salisbury restaurant, it is the perfect place to meet a friend for lunch during the week, or grab dinner before you go out on the weekend. The Deli has a great menu of gourmet sandwiches with high quality meats and sandwich sauces made from scratch. The deli also has a full bar and a great selection of specialty beers on draft. 

Above is a picture of the burry brat, the specialty sandwich that was available the one time I went to The Deli.

The sandwich above has a spice horseradish mustard, with a high quality brat smothered on a wonderful homemade coleslaw. The cool coleslaw did a wonderful job of balancing the spicy mustard.

EVO Pumpkin Beer

Evolution or EVO beers is a local brewery on the  Delmarva peninsula. The have lots of great seasonal and specialtly beers that are crafted in a micro brewery environment. EVO's current seasonal beer is the "Jacques Au Lantern" roasted pumpkin and pumpkin spices are added to the beer's mash to give the beer a great pumpkin flavor with out being too over powering. I first tasted the beer on draft at a local Salisbury restuarant called the "Deli", and I loved the surprising combination pumpkin and beer. 

This coming weekend is the annual Pumpkin Chunking Festival on the Delmarva peninsula, I am camping out at the festival with some of my friends and will be sure to bring some of EVO's pumpkin beer with me. 

Sorry about the delay in the Salisbury Wine Festival posts, they will be up in the next couple of days!