Life sucks and then there is wine!!

Yes I was reminiscing about the daily toil we go through working each day to earn enough to pay our bills and manage our lifestyle's with the hope that in the end we will end up with more leftover than we first thought. I suppose we would if we stopped buying so much good wine, haha.
Recently I had the privilege to taste an outstanding pinot noir from France. It was an inexpensive wine from a border town near the Mediteranian. The flavor was mild and fruity, with no after taste as it went down smoothly, It was absolutely refreshing and less than $10 a bottle, wow, can't beat that, an outstanding taste with no sticker shock. I was suprized by the fact that the bottle was capped with a screw on and not a cork! Yet the wine was secured and safe and preserved for immediate use. The borolla's from Italy also make a great everyday wine, at least for me, not too sweet, not too tart, just a perfect blend of a great grapes that quench the thirst and sate the desire.

It has been my pleasure to investigate many wines for $10 and under a bottle. an australian shiraz from a great vineyard, a borolla from Italy, additional pinot noir's from France, even some very smooth zinfindel's from the United States, particularly the California vineyards. In almost every case I have found some exciting wines with delicate flavors and mild aromas that please the palate, with or without food. Adding food to the mix simply enhances the experience and prolongs the flavors in one's mouth, creating a most pleasant memory that can be revisited time and again.

The moral here, is simple, to make each day of life a little more livable and enjoyable supply yourself with modest drink and good food, add some close friends and presto you have an ocassion to celebrate. A friendly gathering need not be expensive or lavish, in fact I enjoy a regular guy's night, with just wine, pizza and a great dessert. If the wine is good, the pizza tastes better and the dessert is great, a good time is had by all.

So as not to sound like a complete lush, let me say that I enjoy good wine, even inexpensive wine in moderation, and I surely do not drive after drinking, you shouldn't either.