Article in Cedar Park Magazine

I enjoyed your article in the Cedar Park magazine and hope that through articles like this more people will realize they do not have to be socially correct in the wine they choose and should drink what they like.  I have echoed that sentiment and practiced it as well for many years and periodically people who knew that I drink wine often would ask about why I had red wine with fish or whatever and my comment would be I drink what I like.

I live on a cul de sac and have mostly younger people for neighbors, they have been drinking wine for a much shorter time than I and they ask me about this wine or that wine.  I tell them that I am a wine expert on only one thing and that is that I know what I like.  Wine is like art, in that it is individual and there are few definitive good or bad but different with each taste bud.

I do struggle with defining tastes with my wines.  I have participated in numerous wine tastings in Napa and the surrounding areas of California and no matter how hard I try to focus on the tastes that the “experts” talk about I have difficulty in identifying them.  However, I keep on trying and enjoying the wines.

I look forward to your future articles

Bob Bowker

Freedom Found

I'm eager to begin this informative series of articles focusing on the enjoyment of wine. I'm in no way an expert of the divine fermented juice, simply a wine enthusiast with a desire to learn more. I enjoy continued training and studying the enormous array of wines and wine accessories that are abundantly available throughout the world.
The following series of articles will be written to invite you to discover and learn. Allowing you, the reader, to teach and enlighten me and other aficionados on the subject of fine wines. My articles will include researched information, personal experiences and of course related subjects derived from you, the readers. I look forward to sharing the information that comes my way.
Now, let's take this journey together…
Some may feel trapped following wine etiquette from the past. We've been trained to drink whites with poultry and fish, and reds with dark meats, well this is no longer the case. Personally, I'm not at all trapped in the past wine and food pairing regulations. I know what I like and what I don't. In fact, after a week long instructional course studying wine etiquette and "how to drink wine" my husband came home and simply told me that during the conclusion of the class, the instructor announced, "It all comes down to what you like." Well, that answers it, if I feel like enjoying a glass of Merlot with my lobster dinner, then so be it. I'll never have to worry about the wine police storming me from all corners of a restaurant, knocking the glass from my hand, guns drawn, and arrest me for not pairing a Sauvignon Blanc with my meal. Fortunately for us, times have changed and the human palate now has permission to enjoy whatever it desires with a fine lobster dinner.
Recently, a commercial on television featuring a specific credit card hit the airwaves. This card focuses on a new business serving wine, beer and… can you imagine cupcakes? This is proof that today's wine enthusiasts have the authority to enjoy what they want with whatever they want, no limitations attached!
Be creative, challenge your taste buds. And more importantly friends, enjoy your new found freedom! Cheers!
Please remember to drink responsibly. Do not drink and drive.
I look forward to hearing from you. Send your suggestions, trials and errors to: Sheryl@CorkscrewCorner.com