We opened our bottle of Pommery Champagne early so we could enjoy it in peace and serenity. A happy New Year to you all – be content!

A quiet house, Dad’s asleep. Watching Bottle Shock (about the 1976 Paris wine tasting), drinking Rosenblum Lodi 2005 Late Harvest Viognier

A quiet house, Dad’s asleep. Watching Bottle Shock (about the 1976 Paris wine tasting), drinking Rosenblum Lodi 2005 Late Harvest Viognier

Merry Christmas everyone! Dad brought us some lovely Mumm Cuvee Napa sparkling wine which we’re sipping with shrimp and olives! Yummmm!

Special Christmas Eve treat – opened our bottle of 1997 Cain Five. List price about $115. Deliciously smooth, complex, coffee, chocolate

Special Christmas Eve treat – opened our bottle of 1997 Cain Five. List price about $115. Deliciously smooth, complex, coffee, chocolate

My system was slammed with a rogue anti-virus program. Drinking Yellow Tail sparkling rose wine to get through the trauma. Pink, cherry hint

I adore Columbo and rewatched the pilot. What Champagne were they drinking in 1968? I can’t read the label! Help! Columbo and Champagne

Make your own wine cork wreath – just get a twig wreath at the craft store, glue on corks, and voila! Instant gift! Wine Cork Twig Wreath

Today is the Winter Solstice! Celebrate with the Winter Solstice issue of Mused Literary Magazine -

Mused Literary Magazine Winter Solstice