Finding the Fun in Wine
Poor wine. It has that bad reputation of being the drink of snobs. For many, thinking of wine conjures up images of pompous asses sitting around and swirling vino in their mouth just to spit it out and claim that it is pure swill. Then, they will proceed to tell you every boring and obnoxious reason as to how and why they have come to such a conclusion. Sadly, though occasionally true, this is not an accurate depiction of a real wine lover. Wine brings joy and whimsy into the connoisseur’s world, and the quest for most of us is to find that next bottle that completely rocks our world, and to enjoy every bottle we encounter along the way. This was a fact that I was reminded of during a recent family trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota. Small towns made up of building and homes that used to be frequented by the likes of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, gold miners and bandits, used as saloons ...