Butterducks

I love wine.
Wine. Wine. Wine.
If ever you are compelled to give me something and are unsure what I would like, few things would make me happier than a sweetish wine.

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It's nine in the morning, so don't get the wrong idea--this isn't a drink-and-post situation. I simply wanted to take the opportunity to reminiss about one of the latest wines I tried.

Not long after we got together, Justin and I took a trip to several places in Georgia. We did loads of other things and went many other places, but there's this super duper classy place in Savannah called Liquor Depot where we looked for area-specific wines and hard-to-find-in-Abingdon beers. That's where I picked up a bottle of Super Sweet Fuzzy Berry from the nearby family owned Butterducks Winery.

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And, oh, this wine! It's basically just what the name says (except that you need to know that "fuzzy" simply means that it's peach flavored...not actually fuzzy). I cannot say it enough--delightful! Even my practically prohibitionist mother was persuaded to have a very small glass. I intend to buy it again (in great quantities!) upon returning to south Georgia, and I highly recommend it to lovers of sweet wines with one word of caution: don't smell it before you drink it.

As I raised the first glass to my lips I sniffed, as I am wont to do before a new wine, and it nearly ended the experience right then and there. I have read, since then, that very sweet wines can tend to have a bit of a funky smell, especially if they're from small operations, so I'm assuming it was just the sweetness that gave me pause. I'm glad I pressed on, because the taste was spectacular.

The lesson here? Learn about your wines before you drink them. If you don't, you might miss out on some great ones.