Suprise, Suprise

The issuer of challenge no. 9 (make my own wine) sent me an incredible gift in honor of Plot Notes being finished and bottled. The gorgeous decanter is exactly what my bar cart needed, and the monogrammed stopper matches our apartment's rustic-ish decor perfectly.

Thank you, Beverly, for such a wonderful surprise:

Finished Product

Here is my homemade blackberry wine for challenge no. 9 (drinkable!) with the labels now on it, perched confidently on my bar cart like a good bottle of wine should. If you are ever a guest at my house, I will force a glass upon you, and I predict it will go something like this:

Guest swirls wine in glass and takes a sip. Guest makes mildly unpleasant face, but quickly covers it up with an enthusiastic smile.

Guest:  "Mmmmm...SO good. I can really taste the blueberries."
Me:  "Blackberries."
Guest:  "Blackberries."
Me:  "So glad you like it! You can just take that whole bottle home if you'd like."
Guest:  "I would LOVE to, but you worked so hard to make it, I think you should keep it. Plus I can't feel my tongue anymore."

And The Winner Is

I have ordered the wine labels for my blackberry wine (challenge no. 9) and patiently await the end of fermentation. Thank you to Abby for naming my wine (she took the letters of my name and rearranged them to form something that hints at both writing and wine sipping, which I thought was genius). As long as it's drinkable, you'll be receiving a bottle. If the whole batch goes bust, I will try again.

The runner up was TIPSY CHIGGER (thank you Uncle Richard; I had a difficult time choosing). When I attempt to make blueberry wine, this name will have its day.