I love wine. When one chooses to embrace its allures, it provides an almost entirely unique combination of sensory stimulation, intellectual contemplation and scholarship. There is no practical end to the number of new wines one can try or wine-related knowledge one can acquire. This body of wine knowledge is part agriculture, chemistry, geography, geology, psychology, economics, business, history and even a nice splash of tabloid-level gossip and muckraking. What all this means is that the opportunities for wine exploration are, for all intents and purposes, infinite.
This is not my first wine blog. For much of 2005-2006, I maintained a blog at Vinohound.com. I'd be flattering myself if I thought that anyone reading this sentence even remembers it. As much as I have and continue to enjoy exploring the world of wine and writing about my explorations, I just wasn't self-motivated enough to keep the blog updated at that point in my life to make it something that could attract and keep a core group of regular visitors. As it started to become more of a chore and less of an outlet for my “vinthusiasms”, I stopped updating it and, eventually, purged it from the Internet.
With this new blog, begun about 18 months since my previous effort was updated for the last time, I make no promises to myself or others that it will be regularly updated. As I explore, or re-explore, some facet of the wine world and feel compelled to write a few words about it, I shall post those words here.
The intended audience of my posts here will, I suspect, be mostly those who have some interest in wine, already have some basic wine knowledge, and have a keen interest in learning more. I will not be delving into the intricacies of Burgundy vintages from the 1970s or conducting comparative weightings of $100+/bottle Napa cult cabernets or discussing the merits of investing in 2005 Bordeaux futures. Rather, I want to explore the grape less traveled, to experience the best of newly developing wine regions and winemaking styles, and to find delicious wines that don't break the bank.
This is not my first wine blog. For much of 2005-2006, I maintained a blog at Vinohound.com. I'd be flattering myself if I thought that anyone reading this sentence even remembers it. As much as I have and continue to enjoy exploring the world of wine and writing about my explorations, I just wasn't self-motivated enough to keep the blog updated at that point in my life to make it something that could attract and keep a core group of regular visitors. As it started to become more of a chore and less of an outlet for my “vinthusiasms”, I stopped updating it and, eventually, purged it from the Internet.
With this new blog, begun about 18 months since my previous effort was updated for the last time, I make no promises to myself or others that it will be regularly updated. As I explore, or re-explore, some facet of the wine world and feel compelled to write a few words about it, I shall post those words here.
The intended audience of my posts here will, I suspect, be mostly those who have some interest in wine, already have some basic wine knowledge, and have a keen interest in learning more. I will not be delving into the intricacies of Burgundy vintages from the 1970s or conducting comparative weightings of $100+/bottle Napa cult cabernets or discussing the merits of investing in 2005 Bordeaux futures. Rather, I want to explore the grape less traveled, to experience the best of newly developing wine regions and winemaking styles, and to find delicious wines that don't break the bank.
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