Of course you can't just jump into the Gourmand without a slow start - so after we parked, got our tickets, and followed everybody else down the street - we arrived at the first stop/course. It was a cremant (we've talked about this before...sparkling wine that wasn't made 200 miles to the west, so you can't call it champagne). Actually it was a lot of cremant, because each wine producer in the area donated their bottles. And with the cremant we also had a bretzel (pretzel) - better than the kind you can get in your local Shopping Mall in Indy.
Keep in mind also that Mindy doesn't do well with sugars or any kind (including carbohydrates) - this will become important later. And despite what you might think from this picture - Chris was not drunk (yet) - but this will become important later as well.
