Some eat to live, I live to eat. There are some of us who admit this freely and have no shame. We check out cookbooks at the library. We tivo Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. We know exactly what was missing in that last curry we made and feel a lack of closure until we’ve perfected that dish. We select the finest ingredients with ideal flavor combinations, create each course to flow seamlessly from one to the next, and lovingly add each element at just the right moment, for the perfect dish. And this beautiful composition comes to a screeching halt when we realize that we forgot the wine.
So much wine, so little time…Most of us don’t have the opportunity to spend leisurely afternoons tasting wine daydreaming about the perfect cheese to go with that Chardonnay (Forgive me while I take a moment and indulge that daydream). Forget about the hundreds of bottles on the grocery store shelf that look great, thanks to great packaging, but once home miserably disappoint even my amiable palate. I have the good fortune of tasting wine, buying wine and selling wine- hundreds of wines in fact, for a living. In my quest to contribute to others’ happiness, I would like to offer my humble opinion to ease the agony of picking a suitable vino. These are some of my favorites; an eclectic gathering that I hope will tantalize and make you happy.

From one cork dork to another…