Good Grape Wine Company

January 24 2008

Good Grape Turns 14 in Dog Years

I am not a birthday person.  I scarcely recognize my own birthday—mostly because I like to follow the “never grow up, never grow old” school of thought.

And, while blessed with an abundance of ego, I really do not fancy myself the self-aggrandizing sort.  It is kind of a weird dichotomy, isn’t it?  Write in the first person on a blog, but try not to be boastful or annoyingly self-serving.  I try mightily, as do most of my wine blogging brethren.

That said, for just a moment of “look at me” messaging, I do want to point out that one of the more creatively fulfilling things that I have done as an adult is start this blog two years ago today. It’s Good Grape’s 2nd birthday.  And, I must say that I have learned more about wine with greater insight over these two years than in the previous 10 years combined.  Frankly, I am not sure if that is a good, or a bad thing, but I do know that wine is an inexhaustibly fascinating subject to me and will likely be for the balance of my years.

I started the site with my “Good Grape” Ten Commandments, and I repeated them last year and I figure I will probably repeat it every birthday for as long as this blog is in existence. 

Herewith, then, are the Good Grape Commandments:

10) Wine is regional & historical
9) Pity the wine snob
8) Taste is relative
7) Quality is not proportional to price
6) 100 point rating systems are subjective
5) Enjoyment of life & wine is a function of time, place and company
4) Every wine and winery has a story
3) If you can’t go to the winery, let the winery come to you
2) Life is measured by experiences
1) Drink. Taste. Celebrate the Good Grape!

Thanks for checking out the site occasionally as we keep trucking to being 21 in dog years.

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