u/CMSniper

Not much of a hiker if I'm being honest but I'm taking a real liking to it. Went to Parc Regional de Val-David in QC, Canada. Did four summits and on the third some birds landed on my hand. The first two was still early morning and clouds were blocking the view. Once that burned off it was really nice. Trails were well kept and postings were adequate. It was easy to figure out where to go and not get lost. There were some really cool mushrooms too

Went for a hike to check out various view points in the mountains near me. Got to the second and there were a bunch of these guys in the trees and getting really close to me. I just put my hand out and they took turns landing on it. I thought it was very special, I hope you agree :)

A really fun one to go into blind as I typically drink (very) dry wine. It was a pre-dinner apéritif as we stood around the kitchen island... The conversation stopped immediately as this was way outside of our confort zone.

Initially the nose was inviting with tropical notes of yellow fruit. We all thought of riesling and for me it felt "evolved". I was torn by youthful fruit aspect and slight age showing but also the colour. Before tasting we were trying to place it in time which was really difficult.

On the palate it was, again, very tropical with mango, pineapple, etc... but also very creamy. I took this as a sign of an age worthy sweet Riesling. Nice acidity, lots of fruit, rich, creamy texture alsmost honey like but not heavy in any way. A truly delightful and elegant wine not showing any type of old/damp basement notes.

I was really confused about the age, it seemed too youthful to be really old yet very balanced for a sweet riesling which could only mean age... Everyone was thinking roughly 20 years with someone blurting out "MAX" and no one could argue different

I need to get into older riesling more, there was talk of taking a trip to Germany lol

First time I've ever seen this type of glassware. There seemed to be some "dots" etched into the bowl of the glass and that made the bubbles form a nice patern

This moment right here is when I punched Victor right in his chiseled jaw line