.: Tasty :.

Ok. So at my jobber I get to try and taste all kinds of foods, mostly cheese. I also get to try wines too. but under the radar, when a wine person wants to share a particular wine.

A few days ago I finally was recruited for an offical tasting in the store. Wine dealers will come in to show off their wares. One of the wine guys came into the market to ask me to try some Champagne.

T'was my first taste of VINTAGE Champagne. And it was yummy. And it was served by this awesomely French French guy. And here's the seriously dorky part of it. It reminded me of my favorite cheese.

People, it was like feeling cool and wet and the "water" sign... AND BAM I understood. All these years of drinking and abusing wine never did I understand what the big deal was about tasting wine. Only after all this time knowing what I liked and did not like about about cheese (and I ate alot of different kinds of cheeses.) could apply this new appreciation of taste and flavor to wine.

ok lemme brag a tic. First taste, 1988 reserve. Glorious. Reminded me of everything I love about food. Second taste, 1985 Rose Champagne. I actually could discern between the grapes. Wow.

ok that and I finally moved into my new place. Two important things. My life is awesome.