There nothing like a winery tour an wine tasting to pick up your spirits. And that's exactly what we did this past weekend to alleviate the the hum-drums generated by too much humidity and too little sun.
Surprisingly the highlight of the tour proved to be the ginger crackers that were offered as accompaniment to one of the fruitier wines. The ginger flavor carried me right past the remainder of summer and into November.
Ordinarily I would bemoan such a fast forwarding but in this case the mental images of candlelit tables heaped with food while pumpkin and mincemeat pies sat on an equally laden sideboard were welcome solace to the soul.
There is a difference between summer and post-summer feasts. Summer feasts are designed so that extended families can pause in their outdoor activities, descend on the food like a flock of starved ravens, and then race off to tossing Frisbees and catching lightning bugs. Post-summer feasts, Thanksgiving and Christmas, are spreads that encourage families to linger at the table - to spend time sharing memories while testing the elasticity of clothing.
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