Jul 17, 2008
News out Sacramento is that the State Legislature has passed a law banning Trans Fats in Restaurants by 2010. I feel blessed to live in a state where someone is watching out that I don’t enjoy my food too much. Oddly, the morning paper somehow missed picking up this other bit of news out of Sacramento: BAN AGAINST SUGAR IN ALCOHOL PASSED (Sacramento, CALIF)—California is posed to become the first state in the union and first political entity in the…
Jul 16, 2008
I know there are people who determine who to vote for in an election based on a single issue. "Do they or do they not support abortion rights?"…"Do they or do they not support unfettered access to guns?"…."Do they or do they not support gay marriage?"… I don’t think I like single issue voters. They give me the creeps because anyone so single minded probably can’t be trusted think clearly. In my mind, clear thinking is a good thing. That…
Jul 14, 2008
Of late I’ve been taking more days off from blogging than the usual weekend retreat. Honestly, when I do take days off, it’s usually because I simply forget to blog. I cannot remember the last time so many things seemed to weigh so heavily on my thinking. Normally, my focus is narrower. Recently however it’s because I’ve been spending a great deal of time thinking about the following things. Fair Trade The Economy Solutions to the tyranny of the three…
Jul 7, 2008
Coloradoans may now purchase wine from retailers on Sunday. I wonder if God is pissed off about this? I think it unlikely that we’ll ever know the answer to that question, but I can be pretty sure that the recently repealed law that banned liquor sales on Sundays in Colorado was a result of Prohibition-era concern that government respect the Sabbath. There does appear to be a trend across the country to peel back many of the "blue laws" the…
Jun 26, 2008
We learn about ourselves and our world through little mini revelations. I’ve had a few over the years as they relate to my life and wine. Here are my Top Ten Wine Revelations 10. Stony Hill ChardonnayStony Hill’s Chardonnays, those crisp, lemony, minerally, long-lived gems, were the first wines that possessed me and put me on a quest. I wanted to taste and/or have every single one ever produced. My collection, unfortunately stops somewhere in the very early 70s, meaning…