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Sampling the wines for Christmas brunch...A Holiday Beverage Question
Walt and I are up late rearranging the living room to accomodate the holiday trees and sampling a few bottles of wine we picked up to see what we want to order a case of for our family's Christmas brunch. Oh my word! That sweet concord Sir Walter's from Franklin Hill is like grape juice it's so sweet!
We also got a bottle of Niagra because they were out of their neon green apple wine "Envy". It tastes like apple Jolly Ranchers, but they make a limited supply and we placed our order too late. It is NOT made from real apples. Like I care.
Franklin Hill also makes a blueberry wine called "Bliss" that is neck-and-neck with the Sir Walter's. I checked on a whim and they do have a website if anyone wants to see the winelist Franklin Hill Vineyards Wines What we love is that it's inexpensive local wine - really local - like we can see the vines from our front yard. Sadly, I don't think wines can be shipped out of PA due to our blue laws. We stopped at the winery store and they do offer samples, but you taste so many when you're there, they all blend together and you walk out glassy-eyed and no better off than when you walked in. It's a good thing we can walk there and walk off the "sampling" on the way home.
What holiday drinks do you serve on Christmas Day or at Christmas or Christmas Eve dinner? Anything traditional like Wassail?
We're also making Verdi Mimosas, Peppermint Hot Cocoa, and Apple Cider-Pomegranate Snow Cones.
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We consume lots of Champagne (okay - DH's family calls it Champagne - I'm a traditionalist and call it "sparkling wine", since it's not from Champagne).
But, more than that, there are different types of wine and some Jack Daniels, with a bit of Crown Royale set in for good measure. (DH's family is a but lushie)
We'll be making selections from my FIL's wine cellar since we'll be at his house for Christmas this year. He collects from all over the place and has memberships at several different wineries. He has quite a nice collection going.
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I need more information about those snow cones??????? I agree, they sound fabulous! Since we celebrate Christmas at Disney, maybe a little wine, beer, and of course eggnog,spiked just a bit after certain little people are sleeping
I would get my favorite Dogfish Head beer and some rum to go in the eggnog for my DW. We also like the wine from Running Hare winery. We might also get pot-luck with drinks as one of my brothers is a liquor salesman.
We always have wine, but this year we may have Margarita's, if I can remember to bring the machine home from work. We instituted Thirsty Thursdays in the office. Bad Joan. Such a bad influence. Like they said no, don't bring it in.
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We don't drink alcohol very often. I make a non-alcoholic punch using ginger ale, sherbet and lemon, lime & orange slices for the gathering and we always have sparkling grape juice with dinner.
I've never served any alcohol at Christmas. We aren't drinkers and our guests all have a long drive (hour and a half plus) home at the end of the festivities. Those all sound interesting though. I was just scribbling down the Franklin Hill sweet wine when I got to the part that said probably not shippable out of state. Phooey. I don't really drink, but if it tastes like candy, I'm all over it.
I've never served any alcohol at Christmas. We aren't drinkers and our guests all have a long drive (hour and a half plus) home at the end of the festivities. Those all sound interesting though. I was just scribbling down the Franklin Hill sweet wine when I got to the part that said probably not shippable out of state. Phooey. I don't really drink, but if it tastes like candy, I'm all over it.
It doesn't hurt to check. As Pennsylvanians, we can't order from out of state or even buy from out of state, but local wineries may be able to ship out of state. That's a gray area for me as it's all off-limits to us. We have really strict blue laws, but those only apply to consumption that I know of. Email the winery. What the heck - the worst thing they can say is "sorry, no, but we'd be happy to see you the next time you're passing through".
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Sampling the wines for Christmas brunch...A Holiday Beverage Question
That sweet concord Sir Walter's from Franklin Hill is like grape juice it's so sweet! 
It tastes like apple Jolly Ranchers, but they make a limited supply and we placed our order too late. 
It is NOT made from real apples. 
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all of our other festivities are dry.
Champagne(the stuff from Champagne
), and we also have hard eggnog and various beers.
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