Wondering Through the World of Wine

Gingerbread. I love gingerbread. To me nothing says Christmas more than the taste of molasses, ginger, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg swirling over my tongue. I have always enjoyed this holiday treat with coffee, tea or hot chocolate, but a few years ago, after I read that it paired well with the Italian dessert wine Passito di Pantelleria, I knew that one day I would have to try this combo. Not the most common of wines, it became my holiday quest to find it.                For the last couple of years, I have passively searched for this unique Sicilian wine made from sun dried grapes. Up and down wine shop aisles and searches on wine.com were bleak, as it was either not carried or sold out. For reasons unknown to me, this year my scans and light searches became more intense. This was the year I was to get my hands on a bottle of this elusive vino. Starting in November, I searched the inventory of all of the stores I h...