A Joy I Know Nothing About

There are a few things in life that bring us unending joy: people, Fridays, seeing your dog waiting for you when you come home from work, whatever. And then there are those things that bring us joy but we know nothing about them...how is this possible? How can something I know zilch about make me happy? It dawned on me. It is the journey- not one that frustrates the hell out of me because I just want to 'get there' - to the end of it...but when I realize that it is in the 'finding out' that excites me- when I see that the love of something propels me forward and I know that it is the learning, no matter how humbling or daunting, that is the reward and the impetus...

So what am I talking out? Okay, I admit, I wish I had some religious metaphor here or that I were speaking of some life- changing spiritual endeavor but I am talking about...wait for it...wine. Yep. Wine. I know, I know. But truly. How much do you know about wine? If you say a lot I say you don't drink it- ever. If you say you know 'nothing or not much about wine' I say one of 2 things...either you don't and you stick to your beer or bourbon OR you do drink wine, love it like I do and realize the more you try, read, taste, the LESS you know and the more you want to....that is good stuff, right? I mean for wine anyway- at least there is a payback- I am not talking about my insatiable urge to know everything about the world of accounting.

So if you appreciate the grape as I do and think that, were Jesus here, he would want to split a nice bottle of Pinot Noir over dinner, I have a little something for you...a website you should check out if you have not....his name is Gary Vaynerchuk. Dude is nuts (about wine). He is borderline certifiable but he is changing the wine world- making it fun and taking the stuffiness out with the cork. He has a video wine blog and 5 days a week close to 60,000 people tune in to watch him taste wines he has never tasted before- to watch him describe a wine as "shoe leather meets cherries covered in bacon fat." A man who trained his palate by eating everything he could long before he was of the legal drinking age and now, he can tell you, EXACTLY what the wine smells like and tastes like....if nothing else, he is highly entertaining and proves how far passion can take you.

You have your Robert Parker, Josh Reynolds,your Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast but now you have "The Thunder Show" and a web wine insane gent from New Jersey. Who knew?

My passion is wine. I know nothing about it and with each new one I try I know less. Just means I get to 'study' more. How awesome is that. Why would I rush a journey I never want to end?

Salud.

http://tv.winelibrary.com