Lets get it started in here.....

I walked into a wine store about 5 years ago, just needed a bottle of something crowd-pleasing to take to a family dinner at my then-girlfriend's house. And, as Im sure those who are reading this can relate, I was met by a very RUDE awakening. I was 24, dressed in casual clothing, wearing a baseball hat (go BoSox)... I asked one of the clerks to recommend a wine and he handed me a bottle of the $5.99 special white zinfandel. He then had the nerve to call it an enjoyable and decent wine. It was from that point on that I swore I would both never shop there again, and make sure I learned more about wine then he could possibly know.

I wont claim to have been fully successful at the latter half of that statement, but I have come a very long way. Thanks to the passion which I share with my now-Fiance, I have exposed myself to a lot of what this country, and a few others, offer the wine lovers in us all. I could certainly spend all the time on this blog talking about wines of the world and sharing how they are made, where they come from, what the names are all about....but I wont!

Lets face it, Wine is a scary topic to too many people who have faced situations like mine. I wont let my knowledge be used in such a way...this is for the unpretentious wine-loving community. I am going to concentrate on enjoying and drinking WINE, not swirling it around in a glass and spitting it out.

As this is the first post and I am just starting to invite people, I want to assure everyone who subscribes, posts, links, etc that only a love for fun and a passion for consuming wine will be needed. I will talk about the wines I like, the wines others I have met like, wines we all hate. I will talk about people I meet in the industry, tours of wineries in vineyards, the hidden jewels and the widely advertised. Any wine I mention will be accompanied by where it can be purchased (or if), where I found the best deals, and what some restaurants are marking it up to. I will even get into the occassional meal that went with the wine.

Having just come back from my second ever trip to Sonoma before starting this site, I am freshly full of recommendations. I will likely start posting them as soon as I start opening the bottles. Hope everyone enjoys this Blog.....

Salut, Lechayim, Cheers and all the rest!!