Wine Three

Posted on January 27, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“The best way to drink wine is in the way you most enjoy it.” Variously attributed. From The Little Book of Wine.... Read More

Wine Two

Posted on January 21, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“Wine is bottled poetry.” Robert Louis Stevenson From The Little Book of Wine. We spent a few weeks in the Willamette Valley tasting Pinot Noirs last summer. Here is one that we liked:... Read More

Wine One

Posted on January 13, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“Wine is sunlight held together by water.” Galileo Galilei From The Little Book of Wine. At Hanukkah we have a night when we have to give a found gift. Someone chose this for me. It had a ... Read More

Temecula Wine Tasting

Posted on November 22, 2024November 17, 2024 by Simon

Wine Tasting in Southern California. We went wine tasting last spring with our friends Randy and Connie, who live in Temecula. It was the first of a busy summer of wine tastings that included Italy, P... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Omniscient

Posted on February 27, 2024January 8, 2024 by Simon

Omniscient Adjective: Knowing everything. Example: “To the third graders the tour guide appeared omniscient.” Photo is of a very small Inukshuk I built while at a beautiful vineyard in Seb... Read More

Messages

Posted on January 19, 2024January 6, 2024 by Simon

“Even if you don’t like the messenger it doesn’t mean the message is wrong.” Jim Geraghty NR Photo is of a painting in the Silver Oak winery tasting room in Healdsburg, CA.... Read More

An Affliction

Posted on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 by Simon

“I’m okay if you don’t consider old age an affliction.” My good and thoughtful friend The photo is of the foothills of the Alps from the Bersi Serlina Winery where we stopped to do an ... Read More

The Harvest

Posted on December 16, 2022December 7, 2022 by Simon

“You can’t fake the harvest.” Unknown, credit Mark Zelk for teaching me this one.... Read More

Politics

Posted on October 12, 2022October 11, 2022 by Simon

“Politics rots your brain and corrodes your soul.” Jim Geraghty The wine collection for our wine trip to Bend, OR. last summer.... Read More

Wine and Life

Posted on September 26, 2022September 20, 2022 by Simon

Life is goodWine is goodLife is short and you only get oneWine is plentifulSo is wine better than life? In Bordeaux in August I took a lot of photos of grapes. This is the best one.... Read More

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Simon Burrow

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