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Introduction	I initially started this blog more than 10 years ago to write about various wines (More on that below - and I'm preserving this part of my intro because who knows -I may some day return to wine blogging) That is now dormant, but I now like to use this space to track my Road Scholar program experiences. I use this blog to help me recall and look for the wines I liked - and those I didn't like. I find I'm more attentive to the wine when I know I'm going to write about it. Readers will see that I'm focused on value. I don't really believe in scoring wines like a high school teacher (eg. 90 points). It seems arbitrary to try to quantify something like wine - which has so many different qualities. Besides, blind tests have shown the quantifiers often score the same wine quite differently the next time around. I try to cut to the chase and Mrs. Vino also keeps my reviews pithy. In the movie Sideways - a favorite - Miles knows all about wine, tasting strawberry, asperagus and a hint of cheese from one wine. Jack says, "yeah strawberry." and chugs it. We respect Miles, but the wine reviews you see here will be more in line with Jack.

Introduction

I initially started this blog more than 10 years ago to write about various wines (More on that below - and I'm preserving this part of my intro because who knows -I may some day return to wine blogging) That is now dormant, but I now like to use this space to track my Road Scholar program experiences. I use this blog to help me recall and look for the wines I liked - and those I didn't like. I find I'm more attentive to the wine when I know I'm going to write about it. Readers will see that I'm focused on value. I don't really believe in scoring wines like a high school teacher (eg. 90 points). It seems arbitrary to try to quantify something like wine - which has so many different qualities. Besides, blind tests have shown the quantifiers often score the same wine quite differently the next time around. I try to cut to the chase and Mrs. Vino also keeps my reviews pithy. In the movie Sideways - a favorite - Miles knows all about wine, tasting strawberry, asperagus and a hint of cheese from one wine. Jack says, "yeah strawberry." and chugs it. We respect Miles, but the wine reviews you see here will be more in line with Jack.