Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog celebrated its fourth full year in existence today. What that means is a little beyond me. However, more than 1,700 posts (1.1 per day) and 8,000 comments (5.4 per day) later I do know these things: 1. Good Lord, was I lucky! 2. I'm a better man because of it 3. There's no end to the fodder provided by the concept of "Terroir" 4. This blog has changed my life in immeasurable ways—all for the…
Do you recall the experience of being on the receiving end of a message so beautifully rendered and conveyed that it moves you; that it moves your mood and disposition to another key—up or down—and forces an audible awe from the depths? The message delivered by the greatest wine you've ever tasted, spent time with and even shuddered upon tasting can't do this. And this is the limitation of wine that makes it a voice of accompaniment, not a standard…
The first Thanksgiving was something meant to thank God for having survived the harsh elements of the New World. Personally, the past twelve months have seen a number of things in my own personal orbit both survive and fail. It has been a tumultuous year, to say the least. But, as the Thanksgiving holiday comes upon us (seemingly out of nowhere since just a few days ago I think it was March), I start to think about those people for…
A few notes from my current sojourn in Chicago… Note #1: Illinois Wine Consumers RockIllinoisans tend, in general, to appreciate, be connected to and understand politics better than other city dwellers. This was most certainly brought home to me as I've met a number of wine-loving Illinoisans who are not only irked by their recently reduced access to wine in the state, but seem to understand the nuances of why they were stripped of their access to wine recently. And…
I've realized over the years that I would not be a very good practicing Christian. Nor for that matter would I be a sterling example of a practicing Druid, Muslim, Pagan, Buddhist or any other ISM or IST. My problem comes in making the effort to embrace that which I cannot see. Faith, to specific. This isn't to say I don't touch the "Mystic" now and again. Rather, my own moments of embracing the Mystic happened to be almost always…
