There’s Plenty of Great Wine Out There

I’ve heard this line from a local tasting room person: “We only drink ---_and --- labels at our house”.  Referring to the winery’s wines.  How sad.  Wine, if anything, is about exploring other wines from other places by other winemakers.

Believe me, we drink a lot of local Umpqua Valley wines at our house,but we don’t stop there.  Just the other night we had a fantastic Toscana wine from Luce (2000) with some great friends and we all loved it.  Point is, you can not grow as a wine enthusiast unless you expand your wine horizons. 

Diane and I have had way too much bad wine by now not to appreciate the really good wines.  As we always say:  “It takes the three P’s; practice; practice; practice.”

Whatever you do, don’t get the idea that any one or anyone’s wine is the BEST.  To really enjoy wine you need to check your ego at the door.