...as it was in the beginning...

So, I decided to start this blog to document the wine that I drink, my likes and dislikes, the parings that I come up with - strange, workable or complete failures...

I wasn't ever really a wine drinker. Well, I wasn't an expensive wine drinker. My wine experience, not that I have been drinking that long, because I am not that old (chuckling to myself), consisted of the $9.99 bottles that I bought on sale at the grocery store. You know which I mean, the good, solid Beringer's or Fetzer's. Also, I never strayed from the whites or blush wines. I always felt that the red tasted like nail polish remover. On occasion, I even put an ice cube or two in my White Zin...gasping now at the thought.

As my tastes evolved...and I mean evolved in the sense that as an adult I now like spinach, mushrooms and salmon instead of fast food, chicken tenders and lite beer. Being in the "food business" and have been forced across new foods and new flavors that have only broadened my culinary horizons. The same has occur ed for wine, mostly beginning with "Oh, that label looks cute" but leading into being daring enough to take on suggestions from friends and neighbors. Even my parents have shared their findings from afar...well, California, Washington and such, but still! From dark cherries to chocolate, who would have known that wine had those such tastes if Dad hadn't said, "Try this and tell me what you taste."

So, from cute labels to expensive gifts to local wineries, I am going to "sacrifice" whatever it takes to drink, savor, and write about my wine experiences. I would like to say that I am going to have to dig deep to commit to this, but that would just be lying and well, lying isn't nice (so says my mom). Enjoy!