Toast to Crappy Mondays!

Who likes Mondays? Probably not a lot of us. What’s to like about it? Another week at the daily grind. A great way to toast to a new crappy week is $1 corkage at Crush Wine Bar. You can bring your own bottle of wine for $1 on Mondays. I’m not sure how long this will last but it’s a smart idea. Tonight, 12 of us got together over 8 bottles of wine with lots of food thus generating Crush some business on a Monday night.

There’s something about having a party on a night like Monday. It makes the week less daunting, annoying and frustrating. The menu is good and currently, Crush has the Summerlicious menu on. For $35 you can eat quite the meal. So, you save on alcohol if you bring your own bottle. The service is always fantastic with the wait staff ready to share in tickles and giggles with you. I always have a great time at Crush. I’ve become friends with one of the waiters, Akbar. He’s just great. Cute English accent. Crush also has a pretty hefty wine list with various flights of wine to try. Next Monday, if you find yourself wondering what to do, why not try Crush Wine Bar!

Welcome fellow wine lovers! I’ve started this blog to share with all of you as I swim my way through the delicious berry juice called wine. People often ask me what wines I’m drinking, what wine I’ve enjoyed and what wines I might recommend so I thought the best thing to do was to put it online! This site will have tasting notes, fun facts, top picks and much more. I’m hoping that it will be informative and educational.

Let’s get down to business. I’ve tried a few wines this week and thought I might share my thoughts on a few of them.

Sparkling Wine
Simonnet-Febvre Crémant de Bourgogne France $18.95

This is a fantastic sparkling wine from the Chablis region in Burgundy. Sparkling wine just means wine with bubbles. How fun! This wine is a blend of grapes: 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir.

This sparkler is made in the traditional method (the method used to make Champagne). It just can’t be called “Champagne” because it’s not made in Champagne region. Crémant is the term used for fine sparkling wines made outside of the Champagne region using the same wine-making techniques as in Champagne (I’ll go through the techniques in another post).

This wine has some toasty notes (from the method of which the wine was made) with delicate mousse (mousse is a term used when describing a sparkling wine; it just refers to the fizziness). It also has great acidity and minerality with some yellow fruit flavours. I overheard a product consultant describe this wine as having lots of finesse as I was drinking it (and enjoying!). I thought it described the wine nicely. It’s crisp and very refreshing. The finish is a bit short but for the money, I’m not going to complain because it is enjoyable. The word “Brut” means dry. The producer is Simonnet-Febvre And Fils and is known to produce good-quality wines.

For the money, I would definitely pick up a few bottles. There’s no need for a special occasion to drink a sparkling wine. I could drink this by itself on a patio, or as a starting wine to get the evening rolling.

The item number at the LCBO (for those in Ontario) is 126318.