Red or White? It's All Green

Or perhaps a rosé?

I know, I know, you are all like, "Hey! We've seen the wine-in-a-plastic-bottle-schtick before. Move on, girlfriend. And what, exactly is with the rosé??"

But, no! You have not actually seen this before. What we have here a brand new - green! - approach to wine drinking. Or, rather, an age old one, adopted by some new wide-eyed folks who are rather excited by it all. The rosé was simply a translation issue. Which I will explain, forthwith.

Here is our local Vinotéka. That would be a "wine shop." This one is less than a kilometer from the house; easy biking or walking distance. Notice that they have little picnic benches and umbrellas? Spring is in the air! You can, of course, buy wine buy the glass and sip it while sitting in the sun. 

That's Jeff. Hi, Jeff!

Here's the interior of the shop. Lots of local wines. Although, these bottles are not what this place is about.

This is what this place is about: I present for you, the wine list. This is the tiniest bit deceptive, in that, while it clearly is a red wine list (at least clear to me, who can read rudimentary Czech), there is a rosé skulking around in there. I'll give you a clue: it's the one in pink text. Alas, we discovered this too late to call a halt to the purchase. Hence, the rosé in the initial photo. It wasn't that bad. Really.

Although, I should point out that in hindsight, it is obvious from this list that the rosé was a rosé. I mean, it clearly says "pink" and not "red." This is one of the problems of being 15% fluent in a language: I can read "red" and assumed the whole list was red without really taking in that there was one odd man out.

There is, of course, also a white wine list. The Czech Republic is rather well known for their white wines (okay, so not like, maybe Napa is "well known," but the climate/soil are apparently rather well suited for white wine grapes.) Alas, since I really prefer red wine, Jeff never really gets a chance to sample the good stuff. 

A word about pricing: it's Czech koruna (CZK) by the litre. And there are about 17 CZK to a US dollar. So litres run from a low of $2.14US per litre to a high of $5.06US per. Bottle extra.

Of course, we just bring our own. And they fill it. I love this part.

Clearly, here they are filling the rosé.

Below, we have a different day, different wine. But you get the point. I ride my bike to get the wine. So, it's green! Get it? I think I am so hilarious.

So while for many families Friday night might be "game night" or "pizza night" or "movie night," in our house, it's "saddle up, kids, we're riding to the Vinotéka night."

i really should remember to bring a back pack.

The family that bikes out to buy wine together, dines together? Feels fine together? Enjoys the sublime together? Eh, you get the idea.

Ah. The Cuveé. It's not cheap ($5.06 per litre!), but it's the best. Ask me how I know.

And for the serious connoisseur? Dude is listening to his i-Pod while sipping his favorite adult beverage soaking up the Vitamin D. And C. For červeny (red).

Note: I haven't finished with Sweden yet! I am just feeling the love right now and wanted to tell the world about our Vinotéka.

Comments

[Sonia]

Sto lat!

[Donkaloosa]

Interesting --- and I, too, love the sight of all of those wine taps! But I have to admit that I'm still rudely snickering about Barry and Lambie and Hope's purple coat!

[Monica]

I love your colorful vitamin-loaded reasonably-priced wine!

[Ellen]

@ Donkaloosa, me, too.

@ Monica, and delicious!