Family Wine

 

Let me say, I love WINE. 

But I don’t know enough about wine when I go to purchase it.  I often look at the labels and decide that if I like the label, then surely the wine will be exactly to my liking.  I find myself drawn to the pretty labels, a sleek bottle or the one that relates to some décor fashion taste.  And often enough I haven’t enjoyed what I tasted because I had already decided what it should taste like.

 

Recently I refinished a wine rack that I purchased at a garage sale. 

I was sluggish in blogging about it because frankly, I didn’t see it as a very interesting read and I’m not entirely sure of this finish I gave it.  It could be so much more, but in time I may change it again. I hear you can re-paint furniture.

 

 An unrelated incident happened to me the other day. 

A friend made the comment that

“family is not made by blood, it’s made by the love”.

WOW!  Not all that enlightening but it did hit home. 

 

I had reflected all day on her comment and for some strange reason, when I got home I found myself staring at the (empty) wine rack on my kitchen counter and a thought came to me.  We are all kind of like wine bottles.  Family included.

 

Some bottles are sleek and the label is plain,

Some bottles are short and the label is fun,

Some bottles are stout and the label is pretty,

Some bottles are clear and the label is bold.

Some bottles are corked, making it hard to open.

Some bottles are capped, making access easy.

 

But what’s inside the bottle?  I personally like a sweeter wine and tend to strongly dislike the bitter tasting ones that make my mouth pucker.

 

I found an article on reading ‘labels’ but I became bored very quickly but I really should take the time and learn something.   

I’m still going to be drawn by my personal tastes, that’s who I am, but I’m going to find the right meal to enjoy that bitter wine with the fun label and savour it.  And I’m going to sip that sweet dessert wine in the sleek bottle and bold label, savouring it as long as I can. 

 

What kind of wine would you say you were? 

What's your label like?