Rhonda and I took off on Friday and drove up to New Brunswick to pick up Aaron; he is on spring break this week. We made a day of it, hitting Stokelan Estates Winery for lunch and a bottle of rosé. We tried the caramelized onion flatbread and the charcuterie board, and took a bottle of rosé to go. He surprised us with a really short haircut that his friends gave him. He’s going to get it touched up at the barber during break.

Bellview Winery’s Fioré Rosé

Imagine my delight and surprise when I stopped at Bellview yesterday to fill our growlers, and learned of their new Fioré Rosé on tap!

It’s A pre-release of our new Dry Rosé hitting the shelves soon. This light and crisp rosé is a blend of Merlot and Petit Verdot wines. Perfect for sipping a glass of wine on the porch with the spring breeze.

It’s a less intense version compared their current rosé, less berry. It was delicious. We did our own cheese and salami etc at home, including a can of the excellent Fishwife mackerel.

Hector Simpson’s Phase Wallpaper

In addition to Aqueux and Hej collections, I added Hector’s Phase collection to my wallpaper gallery. I love the Dizzypaper app he created to manage his collections on your Mac, and the wallpapers are beautiful. I have a nice green for St. Patrick’s Day on my desktop Mac right now.

Typinator 10

I’ve been trying out Typinator for a while since it was included on Bundlehunt. It’s a great alternative to TextExpander. Version 10 has iCloud syncing, an updated interface, and iOS apps that extend your snippets beyond the Mac. As an aside, I’ve never made a practice of switching keyboards in iOS, so I haven’t tried the iOS apps.