Enjoy wine? So do I!
In the early '80's I was a beer, mixed drink guy. My wife was a wine lover and I always made the attempt to like the stuff. It wasn't happening for me until one day when we were in a restaurant and I had a steak in front of me and she ordered a glass of Merlot. As always I took a sip and all at once the wine thing made sense!
Little did I know that that would be the beginning to my path to becoming a "wine snob".
Over the next 30 years I tried and enjoyed many wines. I was lucky enough in the beginning to have a local wine shop with an owner who actually knew something about wine. When I told him what I liked he would say "Try this". Most of the wines he recommended I liked but there were some I really disliked. After awhile I began to develop and learn what my "palette" was and I soon was able to choose wines that fit my taste.
In the mid '90's I entered the wine retail world and from there my knowledge and love of wine just took off. I was lucky and knowledgeable enough to have been able to collect and lay down over 400 1997 California Cabernets, most of which I have since drank. While I prefer a "big", "bold", "in your face" red wine I also appreciate white and rose wines.
What I hope to do with this blog is share with you my "wine journey" and to try to make more sense of what wine is all about to anyone who enjoys the fermented grape juice as much as I do.
Enjoy wine? So do I!
More to come!
