✉ Noteworthy Wines

TODAY'S TRAVEL PHOTO OF YESTERYEAR: 

Taking notes: a most loved pastime. Black cursive strokes that sink into paper. The consistency of handwritten lines, page after page, brings me indescribable joy. It came as no surprise, that during our week long Wine Tour, it became quite enduring to keep a Wine Journal. Personal star ratings were given according to the notes from the first impressions to the finish, to the second tastings that were needed for final affirmation. Poetic references were made on appearance, imaginative and magniloquent observations on the aromas and other sensory qualities. And sometimes oh so serious annotations were reserved for the character analysis of every wine. It was inevitable in these recordings however to splash a drop of the wine next to the name and vintage. 

Apart from this tested list of tiny stars that will in future determine my wine selection, the Wine Diary of this trip proves quite the sentimental treasure. And much like the sensational diary of Miss Gwendolyn Fairfax, there is the shameless pleasure of looking back on these spotty notes, intoxicated again with memories of good wine in the presence of (real) good company. 
             

- WEEK IN THE WINELANDS -

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*The reference to the 'sensational' diary of Miss Gwendolyn Fairfax, is from Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of being Earnest" . Miss Fairfax: "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on a train".