56. It’s Good Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

It had been about 8 weeks since we left home and with the exception of our work colleagues we really didn’t know anyone in the Sydney area. What a welcome change it was then when we got an email from a friend of mine saying that him and his wife (who were on a post-marriage world tour) were going to swinging by Sydney for a few days and wanted to meet up.

Of course we invited them to stay with us and we were looking forward to the company. More to the point it was going to be nice chatting to people who didn’t keep asking “Where abouts in Ireland are you from?” I know I don’t have that strong a Scottish accent but I definitely don’t sound Irish!

Aly and Elizabeth arrived on a Friday evening just as I was getting back from work. They had flown in from New Zealand so jet lag wasn’t a problem and we decided to go for an Indian at one of the near by restaurants. As always the place was BYOB so we picked up a bottle of the above Cab Sauv. It was a bit of a gimmick wine as it had a funky label and it was also fairly cheap however it still tasted really good and had enough flavour to deal with the spicy chicken dish I’d ordered.