I know that this sounds like a silly question, in regards to activities that we could do in Las Vegas, but since we were having our last three grandchildren graduating from High School, originally there was talk of the Las Vegas clan coming here, and we were going to rent out a banquet room at a restaurant and let everyone come and celebrate.  The original plans didn’t happen and we were off to Las Vegas to be with our last two grandsons and watch them flip their tassels from one side of the mortarboard to the other side.  Of course, we booked late, and had to travel in the most uncomfortable seats, especially on the return trip.  If they make the seats any closer, they may as well just remove all of the seats and put handles dangling from the ceiling and we could fly as if we were on a trolley. 

The first day, we weren’t able to see our daughter or her family, because of work schedules, so my Bride contacted our other son’s friend who is a hypnotist and a headliner at one of the casinos in Old Las Vegas, or the downtown area.  He suggested that we meet at Crepe Expectations about ten minutes from the airport, but away from The Strip.  Besides loving the name, the crepes were huge and excellent, my Bride and I had savory morning crepes of eggs and ham, while our friend had a lemon cream filled one, that was like eating a whole pie, wonderful, but overpowering for us, especially so early in the morning, and he insisted that we each try some of his, he claims that is his favorite crepe, and he and his wife and friends will be celebrating his birthday very shortly there as well.

Well, it was a very easy decision to have some classic Mimosa, but their version had more orange juice compared to our version.  The base of this Mimosa was Andre Champagne Cellars Andre Extra Dry California Champagne NV of Modesto, California and is under the Gallo umbrella.  There are perhaps a dozen or so wineries that can legally produce “California Champagne” and they have grandfathered in, after ages of international law wrangling. This wine states the use of the Methode Champenoise technique with a secondary fermentation.  The fruit is sourced from California from assorted grapes, with no indication of aging.  It is priced as a bulk  wine and is one of several wines that are found across the  country used actively in the production of Mimosa and other brunch sparkling wine drinks,  While the wine say that it is Extra Dry, there is some sweetness to it, especially when contrasted to Zero Dosage offerings.  A very pale-yellow wine with some bubbles that offers notes of green apples, pears and some lemon zest.  On the palate this light-bodied wine offers some fruit, decent acidity and ends with a short-count finish of fruit