Fialka Story II

"What does 'Fialka' mean?"

 That is probably the most asked question in our tasting room for all these years. It's a name of a flower in Slovak, as well as in many other Slavic languages, meaning "violet" in English. The original name of this wine was "Trillium" that we lost after having a trademark debate against a winery in Midwest in 1995. For the full story, click here to visit my Blog.

Today I had errands to take care of so went out for a ride. The season is still so much behind this year after having one of the coldest winters in history. But the signs of spring can be seen everywhere so as I drove by, I looked up at the hillside of the Drumlin. As I expected, there were no trillium blossoms yet, but I did see the swelling flower buds on those little plants close to the ground. Maybe we'll start seeing the open flowers by this weekend if the warmth will really reach here.

It seems that ferns are out and growing on the hillside and the tiny yellow flowers are in bloom on witch hazels in the marsh across from the hill. --- I've believed those are witch hazels for a long time, but I might be wrong. Every spring I think of the innocence of flowers. They bloom, fade and fall while sharing what they can be. Perhaps that's the way I wish to be.

Sincerely,