How to Combat Cabin Fever - Niche Wines
Our Cabin Fever Kit from Niche Wines
How about an actual post about wine?
On Monday, my daughter sent me an urgent text - "Dad, check out the Small Batch Box from Niche Winery."
Which I promptly did.
For $99 (plus tax) you get three bottles of wine, cheese and chocolate. Sounds like a pretty good deal but it ended up being a great deal!
The cheese if from my favourite new cheesemonger in Kelowna, Perseval and Young. There's two types of cheese included - Le 1608, a nutty, buttery cheese from Quebec and La Religuese - raclette style cheese that melts in your mouth. Both smell divine and I am looking very forward to wine and cheese tonight.
The chocolate is from Karat Chocolate, also in Kelowna. There is a 70% Terroir Dark Chocolate bar and a Cherry Dark Chocolate bar. My wife loves chocolate with her wine and these are supposed to be a nice pairing. I'm quite happy to just have my chocolate after wine.
Finally, the wine. First is their 2019 Small Batch Bubbles ($26). This wine is tank fermented and left on its lees for a buttery, creamy flavour. Not sure what kind of grapes are in this wine as my usual sources (including the label on the bottle) don't tell the mix. It has a rating of 4/5 on Vivino.
Next is their 2018 Pinot Noir ($25). I've had Niche Pinot Noir before and it is fantastic! This wine has tastes of cherry and an underlying earthiness. This is the perfect cheese accompaniment. Or maybe chocolate...
Finally is the 2018 Foch ($30). I'm looking forward to trying this one as there are some Foch wines that I love and some that are OK - but I am sure that Niche has done a good job with this. Apparently there are notes of chocolate, coconut and vanilla on the nose so this might go really well with some of that chocolate!
I'm not sure you'll get the same delivery service that I did - the two owners delivered it to our condo last night in their car! I also got another Small Batch Box for my brother-in-law for his birthday and Niche included a birthday card! Now that's service....
All the wines and food are discounted by 15%.
Included in the box are the two bars of chocolate, the two cheeses, the three bottles, a 'Bubbles are Best!' sticker, a recipe card, a handwritten thank you card, and a little booklet about what's in the box called Small Batch Box - Treats to Cure Your Cabin Fever.
Cabin fever - begone!
