Whiskey Tasting with Remy Martin

Whiskey Tasting with Remy Martin

Confession…

I don’t drunk!  

….but don’t mind a good drink.

I am not a drinker. 

Although I could have one with the boys,  I don’t regularly reach for alcohol or liquor………having said that:

Experience an experience.

Remy Martin [pronounced mar’ tan], invited me to a whiskey tasting event this past late summer and Boy Oh Boy, …can U say “sweet surrender”? hahaha. This was actually my 2^nd voyage to the forbidden place, [1^st time in Chicago with my brother BK, 2^nd time back home in NYC with… the youngJedi]. The forbidden place was so swank, you wouldn’t want to leave. If U're smart, you would eat before entering the place where time stops, and your pulse quickens. I ordered OUT, but brought it IN, as I rushed to stand On-Line, but once I got settled, met some other like-minded folk [of the Asian Persuasion], same age-range who knows better than to tease the dragon called Remy, on a empty stomach. We chatted and rush/ate our entrees so we would be ready for what lied ahead.

Adjust your lenses, as I try to describe both locations at once:                                Have U ever seen a movie where there are vampires?...with the best clubhouse ever built? Exposed brick walls, perfectly waxed and polished hardwood floors, timeless art on the walls, and sculpture strategically placed so they are most noticed and appreciated, dimly lit.  Secondly, some of the most sexiest hostesses, all varieties [I know…right], clad in those all important little black dresses that look like they were born into them? hahaha. U get thrown in with a motley-Crew of co-passengers as U make your journey… winding you way thru the tour, [groups made up of about 4/5 people each, 8/10 groups in total…..chose names, my group was called the Drunkz, with archrivals called the Alcoholics].

The facilitator [same fly Guy at both events], leads U to the place where this stuff is made [U actually felt U were there…in the land called Cognac], told stories, prescriptions and jokes as the tour made its scheduled stops. U were invited to mix and remix the potion to test your hand at the “perfect blend”. By the time you were done, and docked at the final stop…U and all of your party were a bunch of laughing, drunken idiots lol…wow what fun. [did I say party and drunk in the same sentence? ], well sorry if U missed it.  In this day in the Information Age, when most reach for their smartPhones for companionship, it was nice to know that getting twisted w/ a bunch of strangers made us all feel like friends.

If U ever get that invite, let me know how it goes. 

                                                                  -elu