ode to wine drinkers

for some reason i seem to associate drinking wine with images of relaxation and tranquility. for these reasons i would like to be a wine drinker but my taste buds just aren’t up to the sophistication of my brain…. yet

i remember learning from my mom that your tastes change as you age, the childhood sweet tooth fades and many of the taste buds on the roof of your mouth and on the sides die and your sense of taste fades, so things that are spicy or bitter when you are younger tend to become more pleasant tasting as you get older.

i think i may agree but am still not entire sure. i may be liking the taste of wine more and more but i admit that i am still a fruit flavoured wine or wine cooler type drinker of wines. maybe i haven’t found my wine yet. a friend of mine told me i have to start trying wines until i find "my wine". i may become an alcoholic in the process but it may be my new endeavour….  

to find the wine that takes me to that place of relaxation

to find the wine that leads to my imagined tranquility

or how about just ...

to find a wine i can sip without shuddering like my little guy
does drinking anything carbonated

heh or maybe i just stick with beer

i remember my aunt, uncle and parents sitting at the cottage drinking wine - sitting at the beach, or after dinner, or when we would hold a “just for the sake of having a party” party. their wine was so enjoyable they bought it by the box – or maybe that was because it was cheaper in bulk (insert chuckle).

maybe what i have in my mind is that there is something adult about wine. at family get togethers, my grandma used to let us have wine with apple juice in it. i am sure it was mostly apple juice, but still still, the kids were having wine in mini wine glasses that she had bought for us. just like the grown ups.

sometimes i look at myself and wonder how am i an adult? how am i a mom of two boys, who rely on me as onw of their parents when some days i really don’t feel very grown up? or maybe i don’t want to feel grown up. i make these two little people meals, pack a school bag, clothe them, bathe them all the while i still don’t quite get the fact i am the age i am.

i think it is mostly because my family is relatively young – at play, at heart and in all the things that we do. you would never guess my parents’ ages in all the things that they do – they were climbing the pyramids not too long ago, hiking “the crack” (if you have ever been to killarney), "roughing it at the cottage" and now keeping up with 5 grandkids under 6.

i am pretty young at heart too i think. with the boys we love to go play in the snow, toboggan and go tubing, play video games, play fight, colour, play playdough, build sandcastles and play on the playground equipment with them. my brother and his family are very much the same.

when i think of wine drinking right now i immediately think of cougartown and big joe (rip 2007-2010) and now big carl. too funny!  jules and the gang can always find a reason to drink wine and some of the funniest moments of the show take place around the kitchen island or the couch during a wine session.  also, there are many great drinking games that come from and can be played with wine drinking .....

penny can

and so, to start living the life stemming from the imagry i have with wine i guess i need to get myself a wine glass, a big wine glass that is, give it a name and start trying some wines. i mean, i know i will be in good company reading the world of online quotes about wine drinking …..

"wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance."                                                             --- benjamin franklin

"wine is the most civilized thing in the world."

                                   --- ernest hemingway

"wine is life."

       --- petronius, roman writer

"clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living."                                                                            --- napoleon

"wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil."                                                                    --- lord byron

"if food is the body of good living, wine is its soul."              --- clifton fadiman

"wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized."

                                                                                                           --- andré simon

"wine can of their wits the wise beguile, make the sage frolic, and the serious smile."

                                                                                             --- homer

"when there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing."

                                                   --- ovid, "the art of love"

maybe i am still not convinced though lol.  i like beer...  maybe i pour the beer into my wine glass

~ simply me ~