Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, neighbo(u)rs to the north! In your hono(u)r, I propose a toast with the perfect celebratory libation: Cranpagne from Motts Landing Vineyard in New Brunswick. Well, a virtual toast: Cranpagne's not for sale down here. Nevertheless, I'm delighted for two reasons:
1. The name. It's a new-to-me cranberry morpheme (or cran-morph) brand—and not from Ocean Spray, inventor of the original cran-blend, Cran-Apple.
2. The utterly charming copy on the Cranpagne web page, which begins:
We're not going to tell you how or when you should enjoy Cranpagne, you'll discover that yourself. We're just going to make it difficult for you, and for that we apologize.
Apologizing from the get-go! You won't get that from your Napa Valley wineries, no siree.
So what is Cranpagne?It's our secret blend of bog berries and succulent vine orbs. Okay, okay ... it's river valley cranberries (hence 'cran') and a curious blend of Motts Landing Vineyard wines made from our New Brunswick grapes (hence 'pagne'...remembering that it's not easy growing wine grapes) plus the best all-Canadian fRuBbly bubbles that money can buy. It's colourful, it's vibrant, and it's festive.
I have no idea what fRuBbly refers to, but they had me at "bog berries and succulent vine orbs."
A la votre!
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Read my previous posts about cran-morphs: here and here.
er that for yourself. We're just going to make it difficult for you and for that we apologize.
We're not going to tell you how or when you should enjoy Cranpagne, you'll discover that for yourself. We're just going to make it difficult for you and for that we apologize.
Ten bucks says Ocean Spray goes after them. They're serious trademark bullies. But Motts Landing Vineyard and their website are an absolute hoot, even though I'm not sure how they get the abbreviation M'LV from that name - could be just the general Canadian panic in the face of an apostrophe decision. I only wish we could try some for our own Thanksgiving celebration.
Posted by: Jessica | October 12, 2009 at 11:40 AM