Lobster

Portland, CT  2015

I'm not sure what a lobster has to do with a local winery, but that's where I found this fellow.  I think he'd be happier in front of a Red Lobster, or seafood restaurant.   

Beer!

Portland, ME

According to the label, it's brewed with spruce tips and honey.  

Waiting

Portland, ME  2014

Morning Coffee

Portland, ME 2014

A morning ritual for many of us, although not everyone enjoys their morning coffee at Starbucks.  Every now and then I'll indulge, but most of the time I brew my own morning coffee. 

Wine Truck

 Portland, CT

If one were to just look at this truck, you'd think this winery has been in business for generations.  The truck appears to be rather weathered, even down to the  name on the door.  Still this truck does have a certain bit of charm, even if it never did haul these wine barrels around this winery. 

Arrigoni Winery

Portland, CT

Connecticut is developing a wine industry, and a number of new wineries have opened in the last decade or so.  On a recent Sunday drive my wife and I came across this winery located in Portland, CT and of course we had to stop for a tasting.  I learned the winery has only been open for about a year.  I didn't see many acres of vineyards and was told they have grapes planted, but they haven't matured yet for harvesting, so the wine they produce here come from grapes purchased from other areas, including the Finger Lakes region of New York.  It might be another year or more before they'll have locally produced wine available here.  I don't consider myself an oenophile but having tasted the wines here, I think I can safely say that California has little to worry about in terms of competition, at least from this winery.  Being such a new winery, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and might return to taste again after they've had a few years of experience.  I think this wine barrel is pretty cool though.