A little nip perhaps?

A year or so ago we were suffering through a pretty big storm. Wind, ice, and cold.  We noted then that because of all the other terrible parts to being outside, the cold was just one of many and didn't seem to "stick out" so much.  This morning is bright and sunny, wind has reduced itself to manageable but the cold is - well, how can we put this - cold.

As we are in the spirits business, the expression "take a little nip" is something we hear pretty often.  Because we like to know little things, we looked it up and "nip" seems to be a pretty old word as as words go. The Dutch had the word nipen for a "small amount of something", as did the Germans with "knipen"  or even "knebti" in Lithuanian.  These words are a thousand years old at least and we find them interesting at least.  So when someone says there is a "nip" in the air that means there is a small amount of "cold" in the air...not all over cold...just a nip of it. Jack Frost nipping at your nose.."...just tweaking you a little bit.

Join us for a nip Saturday at our tasting 3-6pm 132 Front Street in Greenport. We can discuss the cold.