We finally got together with My Favorite Daughter and her family, and we were going to start by an annual tradition, and bowl a couple of games, but there was major tournament and there were no open lanes for rank amateurs.  We decided to take them to William B’s for dinner.  As usual, when I go with the boys we always discuss the virtues of burgers and their approval for fast food chains.  While their grandfather is a pain in the derriere and only really appreciates a burger in a steakhouse.  The moment came and I could find out, if they were going to continue or be disowned.  The four ordered burgers, while my Bride and I shared a Seafood Tower. 

We went during the Happy Hour at the restaurant and snagged a booth in the bar area, and the kids were all amazed and how and roomy the booths were, with plenty of room for three on each side of the table.  I noticed that they were offering a Prosecco that I have never encountered and that is always worth having a glass, just because, as we used to say.  I tried a glass of Tommaso Gambino Gambino Cuvee Prosecco NV .  Gambino Prosecco was launched in 2015 and is owned by GV Liquid Group, Inc.  A winery based in Sicily, but they also produce a Prosecco from the Treviso and Valdobbiadene regions.  There was not much information to discover, but I will opine that the wine is produce using the bulk Charmat Method and Stainless-Steel tanks.  The wine was very easy to drink and would be great for large parties or for unlimited Mimosas.  A golden colored wine with medium bubbles offering notes of green apples, exotic fruits, citrus fruits, bee’s wax and chalky minerals.  On the palate this medium-bodied wine displayed tones of green apple, passion fruit, banana and some butter and brioche, with high acidity and ending with a medium-count finish of fruit, lemon zest and terroir.

I thought it was time to try another wine that we had when it first came out, and at that time it was known as Diving into Hampton Water.  This evening, we were having Hampton Water Languedoc AOP 2023.  Which is rather famous, as it is a business venture of Jesse Bongiovi, son of rock musician Jon Bon Jovi, and Gerard Bertrand of the Languedoc.  This wine was first released in 2017 and was originally viewed as just another “celebrity status” wine, but it continues to score impressive point scores and accolades.  The wine is a blend of sixty percent Grenache, fifteen percent Cinsault, fifteen percent Mourvèdre and ten percent Syrah.  It is made with the concept of being a party wine, there is no cork, just a glass stopper that is awkward to open the first time around, and the base of the bottle evokes a strawberry.  A salmon-colored wine that offers notes of strawberry, cherry, melon, stone fruits, spices and wet stones.  On the palate this medium-bodied wine displays tones of strawberry, citrus, some vanilla or oak tones from a brief aging period in French Oak, bright acidity and a medium-count finish of fruit and minerality.