Many years in the making.

 

“There's a hole in the bottle

Leakin' all this wine

It's already empty and it ain't even suppertime

Honey, no, I don't miss him

In fact, it slipped my mind

There's a hole in the bottle of wine.”

It’s funny what a bunch of grapes can do when they enter a bottle. I have written on this topic, and for someone who doesn’t drink wine, for some reason I can’t stop writing about it.

But whether you enjoy wine or another “adult beverage,” there’s always something behind how they’re produced I didn’t know. Always.

Over the years I have been to several wineries; it always amazes me the passion behind the product…whether as a maker or a taker (purchaser)…is pretty immense. When you visit, they swirl, sniff and sip…then do it again. It’s a process. I have been to a brewery, and the experience is different. There you walk, you listen, and you drink it when the tour is over. Plus, at both you can buy more than beer and wine—-you can buy some pretty cool swag.

Every time I go to either Costco or Trader Joe’s, I am impressed by the amount of wine they have available—and I assume sell. If you ever watch “Shark Tank,” you may have heard “Mr. Wonderful” (Kevin O’Leary) comment that Costco is the largest wine seller in the world. Besides wine they also sell a lot of other alcoholic products—-I know when it comes to scotch, I support them.

A long time ago, I was given a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Scotch as a parting gift from a job. I was not sure how to take it, if they were either happy or sad to see me go; I was happy as this is really expensive scotch… and I drank it over a very long period of time so I could enjoy it. I did!

Honestly, I really don’t think too deeply when it comes to whatever I am drinking. I have joked when I have had what would be deemed as sub-par scotch—I comment, “it all takes me to the same place anyway.” I usually get a laugh, unless I am with someone who takes it really seriously and then I think, “You need to get a life.”

The photo above was taken several years ago on a trip to Napa, CA. The scenery was breathtaking, stories amazing, and well, the buildings just plain cool. This winery was not one where you could enter, but if so, I would suspect it would have been one to remember—-just like that bottle of scotch I received a long time ago.

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