I've always loved the essence of things! Whether it be a conversation, perfume, character, art, food! I adore the unseen makings of things that touch my senses. Just yesterday my dearest friend had an overnight get together. We went wine tasting up the coast in Santa Barbara then went back to her home and she made a midnight dinner! In the morning she prepared whole grain pancakes and eggs with thyme! I'm going to write about this below in more depth but my point is...I can't stop reliving that essence of thyme in those eggs!!! Just as I can 't stop reliving the essence of the spices in the last wine I tasted, or Hawaii or hundreds of other experiences! It facinates me that the experiences I have with wine reaches from centuries back to what exists in the soil today that feeds the grapes to toasting friendships and sharing eggs with thyme!

These are my wine stories...







Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Wine-ding Down

April 14, 2010...I'm home alone tonight! Don't get me wrong, I love my man but it's been a hectic season and I'm craving a simple night of solitude! I need to stop spinning with busyness and just be. This evening I chose one of the three bottles of wine that I purchased at World Market. What will the one I choose share with me? Will it's fragrance sweep over me like musk and cashmere or maybe it's a light cheerful one like a night time picnic with family, children and fire-flies! I hope I like the wine and it isn't offensive.

I walked over to my antique, high-gloss black Venetian mirrored bar and actually spoke to the wine bottles! "Which one of you feels like breathing tonight"? "Any of you interested in spending some time outside with me under the stars"? Then, to my surprise, the Beaulieu Vinyards, Coastal Estate, Pinot Noir said, "I do"! So I uncorked the genie in the bottle and for only $8.99 it proved to be beautiful! I loved it as much as the Kim Crawford's, Marlborough, Pinot Noir! My weary body and neglected soul pushed a smile so big on my face that I found myself laughing all by myself! But then I remembered that my dogs were there too! Beautiful life :)
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