I am known to say that I have never met a Zontian who doesn't have a healthy appetite. Maybe I've met one who doesn't drink alcohol - but really - most events are accompanied with cake and champagne.
So if you are going to 2014 Orlando International Convention you could drink Lapu Lapus at the Polynesian Resort .....
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| It has a little umbrella - snerk! |
....or you could get serious and head out to Winter Park: Home of the Wine Tasting Room!
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| It was closed dammit! Just because it was 10am?! |
Now there are several of these babies in Winter Park - and whilst they are very common in the USA, not so common in Australia. So for Australians - if you want to taste test wines you hop in your car and drive around a wine growing region stopping at the cellar doors. You taste the wines which that particular winery makes. One becomes very good at spitting.
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| The beautiful Yarra Valley - drink in the vines |
Winter Park is the location is to transform oneself into a Patsy type character - it's all beluga and little nibbly things. I saw plenty of wine tasting, bottle shop type places mixed in gourmet olives, artisanal cheese and specialist chocolate shops. Not a single supermarket to be found. Until recently there used to be a store called Bullfish - a mixture of dog boutique and wine store.
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| Coffee, tea, spices, chocolate, tea - all the major food groups covered |
The delightful Samantha Brown explains how it works - and become less lucid as the video progresses:
hmmm ... it's jammy and plummy and clangy and tinny and Eddie at 5:12
Zontians! It is time for a call to arms! Am I organising a function at The Wine Room ?..... with beluga and little nibbly things of course!
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