There are some things that just make me crazy when it comes to wine. One of them is fruit flies. The other is a light pour.
So the fruit flies appear out of nowhere. As a conscientious soul, you eliminate all fruit on the brink of squishy. Then the fruit flies migrate to your wine glass. Now I am not one to look down on a little protein with my wine, but I prefer it to come in the form of cashews or maybe some soft, spreadable cheese. My mother in law thought she had a fruit fly problem some years back. She kept swatting at them for days! She got rid of all the fruit, and still – she just couldn’t get rid of them. Turned out her retina had detached from her eye. So the next time you swat at the air – first get confirmation from a friend or family member that you are both seeing the same thing!
Short pours – UGH! JUST FILL MY GLASS, PLEASE! If you want to charge me more for it, then so be it! But fill the darn glass!
On a more positive note, I am enjoying a (short pour – have plans later) Wente Morning Fog Chardonnay. The wine has “notes of apple and toasty graham”, which happens to go beautifully with a chocolate chip cookie! Again, Lisa inspires! Mine is a store bought cookie – I will have to be patient and wait for the real thing from Lisa!
Does this mean I get a glass of wine on Thursday?
Claire, when I read this post I had to respond because my wife came up with the perfect solution for fruit flies that involves a very short pour.
Pour a small amount of red wine (preferably something that you simply couldn’t force yourself to finish) into a shallow bowl or deep plate, drop in one tiny drop of dishwashing liquid, then cover it tightly with plastic wrap. Now poke about a dozen small holes in the plastic wrap with a toothpick.
Come back a few hours later and you will be amazed at how many fruit flies you used to have in your house and now have floating lifelessly in the bowl. The flies go gaga for the red wine, climb in through the “one-way only” holes in the plastic (“Hotel California” should now be your head), and then can’t escape due to the dishwashing liquid on the surface.
Works every time and is a great little project/experiment for the kids. Enjoy.
Cheers!
Mark
Jennifer is a genius! You married well, Mark!
I now have a fruit fly Hotel California set up and just a waitin’!
Miss you guys…
Claire