The color of this dried up desert cactus blossom so reminded me of a wine tasting last night…
Are you familiar with Cameron Hughes? This guy is so clever. He sources and produces small lots of high quality wine from the world’s best regions and sells at real prices. So last night was a comparison between two Sicilian wines, Nero d’Avola. A side by side…a 2009 reserva and a 2010.
One – rich with blackberry and cherry aromas and intense flavors. Two – dark, smoky with cherry, blueberry and a slight peppery taste.
Both were absolutely delicious and heavy on the ripe red raspberry…which I adore…which then reminded me of Cassis…which then reminded me of this dead blossom that I had so much fun photographing!
Oh, and Mr. Hughes? He’s cute too.
Love the interesting look and earthy tones to the dried cactus blossom. I’ve never seen a dried one.
Sounds like a fun evening and #1 sounds like a nice taste to me.
Did you buy a bottle of any?
XOXO
Hope you could manage to carry some bottles of that delicious sounding wine home?
At the first glimpse I thought that the dried blossom was a dried up red pepper….cactus blossom sounds so much better!
It’s like 6 degrees of separation…or less! I love it, Robin. And yes, he IS cute. Even I can say that. 🙂 But your image takes the cake!
HA, does Mr. Cute need a personal photographer….
I love the picture (of the dried cactus blossom).
I know you had lots of fun with the wine tasting. The YouTube was wonderful, it gave us a small peek in the art of wine-making.
I love the colors in the dried up desert cactus bloom… I can see how it would remind you of the wine tasting event as you do enjoy the deep, rich, red wines… XoXo MORE!!
beautifully captured
and the explanation is complete
wonderful
The wine sounds delicious – and your pictures definitely is!
oh how warm and lovely….thank you:)
-Jennifer