We have spent many days at home without going anywhere. The fact that at any time we could get in the car and drive somewhere or walk to a shopping center is all that is needed so one does not feel trapped. However for the second set of three or more days in a week, we are trapped and cannot walk or drive anywhere. Tuesday was our only day of freedom since last Friday. It may be next Saturday before we get another chance to leave through a narrow path with six feet or higher piles of snow. There is plenty of work to do. Our neighbors will join us in shoveling an eight-foot wide path down a shared 300-foot long driveway to the street. The street should be plowed tomorrow. Our challenge is to heave the snow over already existing six-foot high walls of snow from the previous snowfall.

Last weekend, I made a mulled wine to take the chill off. Today, I’ll go with a different wine and “shut in from the snow” pairing. California Cabernet Sauvignon is the wine for today. St. Supéry Vineyards and Winery helped organize a California Cabernet event. Today from 5:00pm – 7:00pm PST people are encouraged to write on Twitter about California Cabernet. Wine Trail Traveler will make several blog entries about California Cabs and will write about California Cabs on Twitter.

Anyone in the country can participate. Open a bottle of Cab from California and mention it on Twitter. When on Twitter use the hashtag #CaliCab and make sure to follow #CaliCab to see what others have written. If you wish, you can register for the event at the #CaliCabs Community Tasting on Twitter site.