Wine Tour 0: Jon attempts to liveblog my wine tour

Jon has had enough of my blathering about wine . . . he's now doing his own version of my wine tour blogging:

Our first stop was Hillebille, which has made great strides in improving the atmosphere of their tasting house; they've taken the wheels off and have leveled the trailer with some bottle jacks, and we saw evidence of some new cinder blocks being prepared for the new foundation. Inside, they've taken down the old water-damaged paneling and have put up some new chipboard, which gives the whole tasting room a warm and woody desconstructivist look.

The still was still ( ha ha! ) cooling down when we arrived, so all that was on hand for us to taste today was HilleBille Blue, which the winery touts as being good down to -40° C. Blue provides the palate-cleansing sensation of, say, turpentine, but without the overt sweetness of Canadian Tire Winter-X Heavy Duty Antifreeze (although it much resembles the latter in the glass). Blue will go well with bad piercings, belly shirts, drinking in the garage, and yelling "Whooooooooo!" whenever the Leafs score.

Bren was having trouble seeing when we left, so rather than risk travelling very far, we staggered down the hill to Spottswoode Estates. Mr. Spottswoode himself seems to have trust issues, and he required us to perform various acts upon his person to prove that we could be trusted. This totally confused my palate for the rest of the day, and as a result, all I can say is that Spottswoode is indeed round and full in the mouth.

Jon also wrote, "When I came up with that, I was thinking of Spottswoode from Team America. Unfortunately, there really is a Spottswoode: http://www.spottswoode.com/.