Creating a bottle of wine like me is laborious. I mean, it takes all year for the vines to create the bud, then the flower, then the grape, and then go dormant to gain strength to do it all again.  And once the grape is taken from the vine, it takes a lot of work [...]

I am a bottle of wine.  I show up, get opened, enjoyed and I’m done.  In general, there isn’t much thought given to the behind the scenes work of getting me to your table. We’ve talked before about how I get to an actual store, restaurant or bar, but in honor of Harvest Month (there are lots [...]

The definition of Debauchery, depending on where you look, focuses on indulgence, either basic indulgence (whatever that may be) or extreme indulgence.  It also requires the concept of sensuality – so you’re either indulging in sensual pleasures or extreme indulgence in sensuality. Both those words – indulgence and sensuality – have such different connotations to [...]

Debauchery doesn’t have to be one of those planned events – in fact, we much prefer the last minute gatherings that conclude in debauchery, or even better, casual debauchery. What is casual debauchery?  It’s that end of the day, thinking about dinner or even starting to make dinner, glass of wine that starts off the [...]

Back in April, The Secret Service were caught with their pants down, so to speak.  This article, by Dana Milbank in the Washington Post, speaks to the fact that we should be encouraging this type of behavior because it actually reflects the true American spirit and shows that government employees are just like the rest [...]