Tasting 60 Bottles of Wine Before Coffee

Tasting 60 Bottles of Wine Before Coffee

You wouldn’t think it, but your senses of smell and taste are best first thing in the morning. That’s because when you wake up, your body is slightly dehydrated from the night’s sleep. Hence your smell and taste are sensitive early in the day. It’s a good thing if...
Flying Donkeys and Mal Vino

Flying Donkeys and Mal Vino

Carla and I have shared a bottle of wine with dinner practically every night for the better part of the last thirty-plus years. It’s rare that we don’t finish a bottle. On the odd occasion that we don’t, it’s usually because there’s a time constraint on dinner,...