Well hello again. I hope everybody's had a nice summer. It's been hot as hades here in the south this year so I'm beginning to welcome the change of the season.It's been a summer filled with great wines and great memories. We've had many occasions to share good food and wine with friends and neighbors and that's what it's all about.
Recently spent a week in northern Napa and Sonoma valleys with my wine group, the Mad Dawgs. We've been together for over 10 years and we love sharing great wines with each other. We've traveled together a number of times and always seem to top our previous trips with even better ones! Spending quality time with winemakers/vintners/proprietors is something we love to do and they've always been so gracious and generous to us. Sharing time in their vineyards, tasting rooms, barrel rooms and the homes of these wonderful people is what it's all about! And when they share their stories and their wines with us, there is nothing finer. Hanging out with wine people makes for lasting memories.
When we get to know a "wine person" and they've been generous and nice enough to invite us to hang with them or do some barrel tasting or join us for a meal, we usually make them an Honorary Mad Dawg ,which includes presenting them with a special T-shirt with the Mad Dawgs logo. Over the past 10 years, we're proud to have bestowed that honor to 85 special friends in the business... so far! They are the best of the best and we love them all!
Well, after having 15 friends and neighbors over last night for smoked pork shoulder and a bevy of other great food and some lip-smacking wines, I think it's time to take a break and relax today. See y'all on the flip side. Till next time... Let's drink some wine.
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