IT WAS A HARD DAY'S NIGHT!

OK, we had a really bad night if you remember, hooker, stolen purse, no CAR KEYS, 3 am and no way home. YET, we had a great time with a great friend! After the drama rolled out, we were lucky that my husband was willing to come get us! That ordeal called for another reason to drink some great wine. I guess another reason to have a few drinks was a long day of makeup, on our feet for 9 hours, no lunch and a 2 hour drive to the west coast of Florida for another Cosmetic Event the next day! Bags packed, well, my garment bag was on loan to a friend so with clothes covered with a trash bag, shoes I had bought for my aching feet earlier in the day, in a shopping bag as well, I looked like the Bag Lady heading off for the weekend! Four of us piled into the car, designated driver in place so the rest of us could share quite a few bottles of Wine. I know, it's illegal to have opened liquor in a car but it was a REALLY BAD DAY! Anyway, as luck would have it, we forgot the Wine Opener! Our clever friend opened the bottle using one of our makeup items to shove the cork INTO the bottle! Who Knew!!! Of course the top of the bottle cracked as well but since it looked like a clean break, we drank it anyway! I was a bit concerned about broken glass as the other 2 drank away, so I brilliantly held my plastic disposable wine glass up in the air to exam it for shards of glass. As soon as I held up that glass, our driver spotted a state trooper behind us. He starts screaming for me to lower the glass, the police will arrest us, we will go to jail, we will miss the event AND how in the world are we going to explain this one Lucy! When the Florida Wine Girls get together, we can have a few I Love Lucy moments... Well, we arrive safely, one o'clock in the morning, trash bags in hand, and the other 2 passengers have purple teeth from all the red wine consumed that night! I'm hysterically laughing until I catch a glimpse of myself in the lobby mirror! My teeth are just as purple so we decide we might as well celebrate that we have matching purple teeth and open another bottle! And by the way, NEVER DRINK IN A MOVING VEHICLE, EVER! We did have our heads examined after returning from that trip so it wont happen again. I guess The Florida Wine Girls will confine the consumption of their wines to the comfort of the homes, restaurants etc. If consuming wine at home, may we suggest our

Sun Fish 2012 Chardonnay

This 2011 Sun Fish South Eastern Australia Chardonnay has generous aromas of white peach, bergamot orange, lemon and almonds. Its beautifully balanced oak with toasty undertones opens up toward the finish. A rich and toasty palate shows flavors of citrus and honey with a mineral finish. This wine has a good amount of acidity for longevity in the mouth now and for years to come.

And you know what else? We have to find a few friends that are not in Constant Crisis Mode! I'll explain that statement next time...
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