And now for something completely similar

Some nice jelly, yesterday

I am so out of practice with posting that it's making my head hurt. I've been hitting the delete key so hard my fingers have blisters and I've discovered that the blank screen is far more interesting than anything I've tried to commit to it. Maybe it's a lack of sleep that's done it. Sleep has been at a been something of a premium recently and I'm so tired that I'm starting to think that I'm a character in a Hunter S Thompson book. I'm not entirely sure why he needed all that mescaline, acid, uppers and downers to reach such a paranoid, delusional state when all you need to do is stay for a couple of nights with friends with young children.

On Monday night I was so screwed that instead of reaching for a quality bottle of Onyabach Vodka, I opened a bottle of Goonawarra Chardonnay 2004. There's a funny story about me finding the Goonawarra winery in Sunbury after being chased off the more famous Craiglee Estate across the road, but after typing it up, I discovered that it's not that funny. Really. Anyway, Chardonnay is the civilised way to assist in passing out, especially if it's as delicious as the Goonawarra. As you may suspect, these tasting notes are from the bottle label, and I'm merely agreeing with them. It's mid weight Chardonnay with some lees contact, limited malo and plenty of French oak. There's some nuttiness, citrus and stone fruit characters with a zip of acid and all in all it's delicious. A couple of years in the bottle has done it a world of good and I reckon it could have gone a couple more if I'd allowed it to.

There, that wasn't so hard, was it? I'll be back soon. Be seeing you.