Thursday, July 11, 2013

Rosé of the day - Thursday July 11, 2013

Churchill's Rosé 2012 $13.99

Tasting notes: This wine has a lively pink color and fresh raspberry and tropical aromas that show a distinct Touriga Nacional character. On the palate, the wine’s vibrant natural acidity lends this wine balance and a long, elegant finish.

Varietals: Touriga Nacional

Region: Duoro Region, Portugal

Wednesday's answer: Our followers gave us quite a bit of feedabck yesterday which will now turn into an amazing blog post about hotdogs and the businesses that are or where in our area. First lets get into yesterday's answer which was guessed correctly by Alexander Dacey, Mark (The finisher) Beyerly, and Chef, more on that in a bit.

There is a craze out there right now that is centered around the way that these guys started, food trucks are a big trend because unlike the past, there are gourmet foods being served and these guys were one of the originals. You could always get a hotdog at a carnival or down at the beach but they were in many cases suspect and I don't know about everyone else but as much as I loved the idea of being able to buy lunch while at the beach, I sort of felt like I was rolling the dice when it came to the quality of what I was eating. All that has changed and these guys where one of the original "Gourmet trucks". Sure the still served fast food but it was/is different, with fresh cut fries, organic beef for their burgers and all of the other things they do like hand breading, housemade sauces etc... they began to change how a "hot dog truck" was measured. Since 2000 they have occupied their current space and are still a fast food joint but they are really anything but. If you haven't had lunch here, it is worth discovering.

That is were we started yesterday, you changed the conversation fairly quickly to a couple of other places. The first mention was Kuhn's which was a mainstay in town for many years and their Chili was or should I say is legendary. There are still blogs and stories dedicated to that recipe and there are other places that claim and perhaps do have the original recipe. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and to have others claiming they have your recipe decades later is a testament to how memorable this place was. I am sad to say that I was not one of its customers and I feel a little cheated but a quick Google or a read of yesterday's Facebook post tells me very quickly that it was important to this town.

The other place mentioned was one of our original "Rosé of the day" locations and had a big reponse when we did it. That place is of course Rawley's and I have been a customer there for many years. They are a classic Hotdog stand with there small building and single window where you wait in line in a narrow service area that has a few stools for sitting at the counter and they serve up classic americana. They also have a dining area off to the side but I have always taken mine back to the car or back to Harry's to eat.

We talk about all that this town has to offer and these three businesses may give you a sense of the classic american feel that I love so much about this town. There is a genuine Norman Rockwell feel to Fairfield and places like this solidify how much this town recognizes its importance. As forward thinking and wonderfully in touch Fairfield is, we have never lost site of its roots. Even as things continue to develope and bigger houses pop up all around us, there are lots of daily reminders of our past and they remain important to the residents of this town old and new.

Mike Tetreau stopped in last night and we got in to a conversation about some of this and he got to talking about our frieworks display last week. The number of people that came to our town and sat on the beach to watch was amazing. i-95 was backed up with folks trying to get off the highway so they could join in and there were throngs of people that parked in the lots along the Post rd. and wandered down to the beach to watch. The thing that got me thinking was when he told me that there were virtually no incidents with all of those people attending. I think that speaks volumes about the way our town handles itself and as I walked back up South Benson after the show I have to admit that I noticed how classically, small town America it felt with all of the families strolling back home.

All of this from a picture of a hotdog stand... I love this town!

Ok, back to the game, Yesterday's answer was "Super Duper Weenie" and was answered correctly by Alexander Dacey, Mark Beyerly, and Chefmichaelatyourservice. Others that chimed in were Susan L. Melcher, and Cindy Carley Barker who guessed Rawley's. Sorry ladies, not this time and of course all that mentioned Kuhn's which prompted much of this post.

I feel strongly that today will have very little in the way of opportunity for as much discussion and I am suspect about the chances that someone will be able to get it right but the visual clues are there if you know how to look for them. Those are not speakers hanging from the ceiling, that is your first clue. Lets see how you do today!

- Cheers

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