This was the pre-party for Super Bowl XXXVI, plain and simple. As excited as I was about planning my weekend around the Expo it was really just a stop before the big game. Boston was fired up that February 3rd and the electricity was in the air inside and out. The skies where clear and there was no sign of snow or freezing rain in the forecast that might hamper our efforts to get home in front of the big screen T.V. before kickoff. The Wine Expo from 1:00 to 5:00, and Super Bowl from 6:30 to 10:30. It couldn’t have been planned any better than that.
There was no shortage of winery reps and distributors wearing Patriot jerseys, and impromptu raucous chants of “Pats”, “Pats”, “Pats”, did take place at a few tasting tables here and there. The scene was pretty cool, and I’m sure that plenty of wine geeks there were concerned that all this football hoopla was making this into more of a party than a professional tasting. Well when you start pouring 1800 different wines to thousands of people, things just happen. I like seeing people just enjoying wine. Tasting notes or not, spitting or not. Wine tastings should always be this much fun.
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