Initial Wine Blog Entry, 1-27-13

I am an evolving wine drinker.  I used to enjoy sherry occasionally, but kind of got away from that about 10 years ago.  I do enjoy beer, preferring the heavier brews such as stouts and porters.  I especially enjoy beer with good food at home on the weekends. My days are long during the workweek, and I usually do not drink much alcohol during the week.  I do occasionally enjoy a glass of wine during the week when I need a little break.

My wife is the real wine drinker in the family, and enjoying a glass of wine with her at the end of our days has renewed my interest in wine over the past few years.  We have started to buy and try several different wines at our local grocery stores over the past couple of years.  Our kind of standard has evolved to Grayson Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon.  This is the wine that we enjoy most often together.

We do enjoy going out to eat together, but I do not often order wine. Part habit, part being a DD, part ignorance of what wine goes with what. 

I look forward to learning more about different wines and their characteristics, how wine is produced, and how to complement a good meal and good food with a glass of wine.  I am also interested in hearing more about the evolving wine industry in Virginia