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“One not only drinks wine, one smells it, tastes it, sips it and – one talks about it.” King Edward VII English Monarch

Another rainy November Saturday, what a perfect day for another visit to a winery for sampling. I ventured out with my friends Phyllis and Jane to Sharpe Hill Vineyard in Pomfret, Ct. We tasted a wide variety of their award winning wines. My favorite was the Ballet of Angels which is a bright, crisp, semi-dry white wine with a hint of citrus flavors. I enjoyed it but not so much as the story that I read about this label. I wish I could have heard more about it on our visit to the winery but unfortunately we were lectured about the awards the wines received, and not educated about the creation of the wines or the stories behind them which would have made this trip much more enjoyable. (Obviously, someone wasn’t listening to King Edward.) The label is of an ethereal young child with piercing eyes and an aged face. Supposedly the owner was trying to decide on an image to use on this new wine by looking through art books. Giving up without deciding on a picture, she fell asleep. During the night she was awakened by a noise. When she investigated as to the cause of the noise she found that a book had fallen to the floor and was opened to the picture that is presently on the label. It turns out that the artist of the picture was John Brewster Jr. and was born and lived in the town on the other side of Sharpe Hill. Spooky.