New Blog on an Old Item

I've been wanting to do a blog like this for awhile now, but just never thought there'd be much to it. But hell, why not? It's my place, it's my blog, and I can post as much or as little as I want, right? So here it is. A place where I will have some fun exploring and tasting different wines (and maybe foods, too) and lay out my opinions, if there are any. And for what that is worth.

I have no experience in wine other than just tasting and trying out various ones. I don't claim to be an 'expert' by any means. I just have the qualifications of a mouth, a tongue with taste buds, and an opinion. I make NO claims on knowing even remotely what I am talking about when it comes to wine, but I will attempt to research things as I move along, and hopefully learn some things as I go. But for sure I will never turn into a wine snob because I just don't care about wine that much. It's just wine, and I truly prefer coffee or water instead... but maybe I can give my opinions on different coffees here, too.

But I am always fascinated by the variety of wine labels out there. As a former graphic designer, I absolutely love spending hours browsing the wide range of wines in stores, and looking at all the details of each label. It's as much of an adventure as what each wine might taste like!

So there it is. Yet another blog that I can "play" with... but this one won't be a daily thing. If I open a bottle of wine, I might have one glass. And the rest, I will re-cork and keep for the next night. So it might be one bottle a week if I even FEEL like drinking wine that consistently. And if the wine would even keep for that long, once opened. Like I said... I am truly an idiot when it comes to wine, and maybe it's a big no-no to keep an opened bottle for several days, but until it kills me (makes me sick) to do so, I just have to do just that. Because I'm the only one drinking a bottle, usually... so it won't be gone in one night. I've been known to dump out half a bottle in the past, too (heartbreak!)- but it's because I had an opened bottle that I just never got back to. And then the flavor of it changed, and I couldn't bear to drink it up (ick), so it got dumped out.

You can bet I will be "googling" for info as I move along. As well as researching each vineyard and see just what is what. I think it'll be interesting! So welcome to my odd ride!