The best thing about claiming to write about wine is that you can call drinking “research”.  And you can tell people that you are not a lush.  You are a professional drinker.

So, my research has taken me far and wide.  The only thing that I have concluded is that I need more research.  Why?

  1.     Every year, wine is different from the year before
  2.     Wine changes in the bottle, so we need both to consider more than the annual changes and to stock up on more bottles of the same wine.
  3.     The search for bargain wines is never ending as the number of available wines expands.
  4.     Consider that wine tastes different with different foods.  So, you need to have multiple wines nightly with the same food in order to see differences.
  5.     Wine improves your appearance.  Really.  I look better in the mirror after several glasses.
  6.     Varied wine experience is good party conversation
  7.     Wine makes politics more bearable
  8.     Wine makes bad TV better
  9.     I had my teeth cleaned and they were too white.  Red wine has helped tone it down.
  10.     Forgot what 10 was, but I could not say “Top 9 Findings” so I had to have a 10