We have fallen into a little routine in our new abode in Ottawa on the Rideau, each night my personal barman Mr. W. will ask what would you like to drink this evening. Mr. W knows how to a make stiff drink, none of those watery half oz. or one oz. drinks you find around town for $10 or more. His drinks are measured with a sharp eye.
He makes a very nice Bloody Mary and a wonderful Apple vodka cocktail. The vodka he uses is Polish, either it is a potato vodka Luksusova or the famous grass vodka Zubrowka which has that greenish tinge to it. This knowledge comes from a posting to Warsaw many years ago where we learned about good vodka compared to ordinary commercial vodka, one thing I learned in Poland, the Poles know their vodka, more so than the Russians.
So Mr. W also serves our drinks with corn chips or wasabi nuts. What a nice way to end the day. Then we have our wine cellar from Sicily, the Marche, Lazio and Tuscany to choose from for that wine with dinner.
What a hardship our lives in the great frozen tundra. This evening we are having a white wine Miano, from Catarrato, Sicily, vintage 2008, producer is Castelluccimiano. This wine comes from vineyards 800 meters above sea level. Sicily with its fertile volcanic soil is perfect for wine and vineyards.
He makes a very nice Bloody Mary and a wonderful Apple vodka cocktail. The vodka he uses is Polish, either it is a potato vodka Luksusova or the famous grass vodka Zubrowka which has that greenish tinge to it. This knowledge comes from a posting to Warsaw many years ago where we learned about good vodka compared to ordinary commercial vodka, one thing I learned in Poland, the Poles know their vodka, more so than the Russians.
So Mr. W also serves our drinks with corn chips or wasabi nuts. What a nice way to end the day. Then we have our wine cellar from Sicily, the Marche, Lazio and Tuscany to choose from for that wine with dinner.
What a hardship our lives in the great frozen tundra. This evening we are having a white wine Miano, from Catarrato, Sicily, vintage 2008, producer is Castelluccimiano. This wine comes from vineyards 800 meters above sea level. Sicily with its fertile volcanic soil is perfect for wine and vineyards.
I am mad-jealous! This sounds wonderful and delicious. I get nothing!
ReplyDeleteWell you have to start your little tradition.
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