Wine With Me Wednesday: Sauvignon Blanc

There are two wines that I love to drink during the summer, Dry Rose's and Sauvignon Blancs. Last week I talked about one of my favorite Rose's. Today I will share with you a new Sauvignon Blanc I just discovered.

New Zealand is known for Sauvignon Blanc. They make many outstanding wines. And this might be a new favorite of mine. GoldWater Estate is found is the Marlborough region of New Zealand. This wine is a pale yellow color. When I poured it into the glass, I smelled citrus, pepper, and some mineral undertones.  

However, when I drank the glass, which I did pretty quickly, I tasted a lot of lime! And lime is one of my very favorite flavors.  I also taste a bit of peach and green apple flavor as well. 

This wine was about $16. But I can't remember where I purchased it!! Ack!! I have been racking my brain as to where I have been wine shopping recently and still can't come up with the store. I may have bought this at The Fresh Market, but can't be sure until I go back!

This wine is a screw cap and should be enjoyed when you buy it. Don't let it sit around to age. Enjoy it now! And enjoy it chilled! This will be a favorite of mine for some time! As soon as I can figure out where I purchased it!!

Wine With Me: Indiana Sipper

I love wine! If you follow my work blog, Indiana Wines, you know my paying gig is to promote Indiana's wonderful wineries!! I have the best job in agriculture. 

One of my friends recently pointed out to me that I should be blogging about the wine I am drinking. I'm not sure why I never thought of that? So I am going to invite you to Wine With Me as I take you through wines I love to drink!

The first wine I am going to feature is from Indiana.  Not every week will have Indiana wines.  I do drink alot of wines from my home state, but I enjoy other wines too! However, during the hot summer months we have been having, I have been stuck on drinking Rose's and Sauvingon Blancs. Last night I opened a bottle of Huber Orchard, Winery & Vineyards Stella. I could drink this wine every night of the summer!

Huber Winery was started in 1843 and is the 7th generation of family ownership. This winery, located in Starlight, IN, just 30 minutes north of Louisville, is a family favorite. They not only made dozens of award-winning wines, they have an ice cream parlor, a corn maze, a farmer's market store, and many more fun things for the family!


As for the wine, the rose' is a blend of Chambourcin and Cabernet Sauvignon.  It is classified as off-dry, meaning there is just a little touch of sweetness when you taste it.  Although when I drink it I don't think it tastes sweet, just full of fruit.

The wine is a beautiful deep pink in the glass.  When you taste and smell it, you will notice tastes of cherries and strawberries. It is the perfect wine to enjoy chilled on your back porch! If you want to pair it with food, I'd recommend enjoying it with a pork loin.

And at $18 a bottle, it is a bargain!! Let me know if you enjoy it! Cheers!!

Crazy Mom and her Busy Kids!

I must be the world's worst blogger. I've had plenty of ideas and just let days go by.  Wait, who am I kidding? It's been three months since I've written a blog!! Let me give you a little snapshot of what has caused me delay.


Baseball.  My kids lives are baseball from the end of March until the end of June. Both girls play and completely love it. I love it as well, but not so much in the time we spend at the ballpark!

4-H is very important to our family. I am a proud 10-year 4H member, The Farmer completed 9 years and the kids will be taking their turn in years to come! This was Panda's second year in Mini 4H, the stuff you do before "real" 4H starts.  This year she made a pillow, no bake cookies and showed a small pig in the Mini 4H livestock show. And in typical 4-H style, she made her pillow at 10:30pm a few nights before judging!!

And maybe not in 4-H tradition, the pig got a bath in my kitchen sink before her livestock show. I have since bleached the sink!! And rewashed the dishes that were beside the sink!

She also decided to be in the Princess pageant.  Please know I am NOT a pageant person.  I don't understand how kids are picked the winners, why Mom's have to fuss and primp all over their kids, or some of the attitudes that come with this whole pageant thing.  But she wanted to do it.  She didn't place this year, but made new friends, loved every second of being on stage and can't wait to do it next year!


She got to pick her favorite outfit to model first.  While other kids were wearing tutu's and frilly dance outfits, my Panda wore overalls and boots!! Good farm kid!

She can dress up.  And she looked way too grown up in her pretty gown!!  Sob...sob...

The boots from her pageant outfit came in handy for her Hog Show!!

This just scratches the surface of our insanely busy summer. And maybe I will have to blog again with more pictures from the rest of our fair experiences! Memories are being made by my FenceRow. I look forward to sharing more of those with you in the weeks to come!