Sharon\’s musings on life and wine

An Ode to Wine

“…I love the light of a bottle of intelligent wine

upon a table when people are talking.

That they drink it,

that in each drop of gold or ladle of purple,

they remember that autumn toiled

until the barrels were full of wine…”

-Pablo Neruda “An Ode to Wine”

Found this little poem on my Daily Wine Calendar under GRAPE THOUGHTS for January 21, 2006.

Speaking of wine, I’ve been drinking less.  This is doing a few things for me:

1. saving me money at the wine shop
2. helping me lose weight
3. allowing me to stay awake longer in the evening
4. making me savor wine when I do drink it

So…this may not be for everyone.  But for ME (a daily wine drinker for quite some time) it has been a good experience.  Of course, once a month when the Women Who Wine hold their regular meeting, I drink at least my share of the 5 bottles available.  And I enjoy it very much!!