Wine or water?

So I have taken up a new hobby lately. Wine. Not the drink till you puke kind, but I am actually in a studying mode. I do this type of thing from time to time. I am sparked by something and decide, "I want to study on this". Wine is it for now.

Alcohol is not new to me..trust me, but my interest in something new and refreshing is being peaked. I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express, yet I feel smarter by expirementing.

So far I've tried 3 types of whites, and three types of red. I've researched each to examine and document what I like the most, and the least.

Not real sure why yet.

Wine seems to me more a study of life than it is seeing what type of alcohol I like best. You go through it wandering how and where it was born, what cultivated it, what tricks Mother Nature contributed to it, what process was it harvested, what care was taken making it, what matter was it stored in, what attention was given to choose the right time to bottle, how it is stored after it is bottled and for how long, who purchases it, why, when, and what the occasion for opening it, how long to let it chill, how to open it, how long to let it breathe, how to smell, snort and sip it...and most importantly...enjoy it.

I'm finding that the best part of this new frontier is discovery. I'm exploring options that I didn't realize were as satisfying as what the rebel in me would have thought.

Who doesn't want the finer things in life?

Is happiness in life wine?...Let's see...

Where was it born, what cultivated it, what tricks Mother Nature contributed to it, what process was it harvested, what care was taken making it, what matter was it stored in, what attention was given to choose the right time to bottle, how it is stored after it is bottled and for how long, who purchases it, why, when, and what the occasion for opening it, how long to let it chill, how to open it, how long to let it breathe, how to smell, snort and sip it...and most importantly...enjoy it.

Excuse me while I take another sip!