Why We Drink Wine...

Hello Wine Lovers!

Today rather than review a wine I thought I would talk about a few of the reasons people drink wine. Read along and see if you can relate.

Wine can be traced all the way back to 5000B.C. by the Egyptians, so it has been around for a while. How has something survived all this time? We simply cannot stop finding reasons! We drink wine to celebrate and we drink wine when we are having a tough go. To share with friends and family, to close the deal or to celebrate the deal. We drink wine to educate our palates and to broaden our horizons. We drink it to add to our enjoyment of food, to bring out the flavors of food or to enhance food. We drink wine to relax and to reward ourselves for a hard days work or accomplishment. We drink wine to have fun, to embellish a picnic, to share with our neighbors. We drink wine for our health, after all "60 Minutes" showed us all why the French are so happy and healthy. We drink wine to discover, to taste and to remember. Wine is romance, wine is a living breathing thing that changes in the bottle and in our glass. It grows and matures just like we do, it is constantly changing and sharing it's personality with the world.

After it is all said and done, we drink wine for the pure enjoyment of our taste buds.

The next time you open up a bottle of wine I want you to take your time and really discover what is in your glass. Swirl it and look at the color. Smell the bouquet in your glass. Smell again and take a small taste, let it dance on your tongue and cheeks, swirl it in your mouth, close your eyes and think about what it reminds you of. Feel the tannins, taste the fruit and feel the love that went into that bottle of wine.

Don't be intimidated... you either like it or you don't.

Have Fun!

Cheers!

J