Sunday Wine Down

Its officially been a week since Tim moved in.  In that time we've moved him in, unpacked and started repacking.  Right now about 90% of the wedding presents are packaged up, the first of our moving boxes have been packed.  We made a $400 shopping trip at Walmart the other day (crazy right?!) to get a few odds and ends for the apartment plus finally restocking the fridge.  To say the least, we won't be hungry at least for a week or two.  Tonight Tim cooked the chicken that I marinated a few nights ago, I cut up and repackaged some chicken for the freezer for future dinners and am now enjoying catching up on Necessary Roughness and enjoying a glass of Pinot Noir.  Tim on the other hand appears to be watching a video game play through with a giant panda.  I'm not even going to pretend that I understand...

So pinot noir.  Good stuff.  I tend to be more of a whites girl myself, but we had a few bottles leftover from the wedding so I thought it would be nice to work on this wine while working on winding down tonight.  I can say that it was AWFUL with my balsamic vinegar couscous...seriously like licking black pepper (Tim said black pepper and mud so yeah...not good).  On the other hand, we had a left over s'more cookies from the wedding...pinot noir and chocolate are apparently amazing together.  It was good with a graham cracker too.  If I hadn't used up all my calories today (even including my walk), I would totally attempt it with some of my rum & raisin goat cheese but maybe I'll do that tomorrow. There's just enough for another small glass or two left in the bottle so we'll see how I feel at the end of the day.  I am kind of regretting not having taken a bit of a longer walk now to have tried it today.  Just kidding.  I realized my brain and stomach were not on the same page and the stomach would not be happy until it tried it....AMAZING.  So the Ropiteau Pinot Noir and the Goat's Milk Rum Raisin is to die for!  Oh and for what its worth the Rich & Buttery Brie was fantastic too but definitely not what I want with this wine.