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Personally speaking – I can’t imagine a world without wine

And I have a good imagination! Have you heard about the prediction – there may be a global wine shortage?  This is ridiculous is it not?  While I’m thinking it can’t be right it does tend to worry me a little bit.

A perfect picnit - russian river valley pinots
A PERFECT picnic – Russian River Valley Pinots – all excellent!

According to Morgan Stanley research there are one million wine producers worldwide but not enough product to keep up with demand.  Are we drinking that much?   According to the CEO of ‘two buck chuck’ we shouldn’t freak out about this apparent wine shortage.

I'd have to take many prisoners & store them somewhere.
I’d have to take many prisoners & store them somewhere.

No day week is complete without a nice relaxing glass of wine…

While I’m no wino I do enjoy a nice glass before making dinner, while cooking, with dinner and sometimes after.   I mean, think about it… in a world without wine:

  • I’d have to cook while drinking martinis – then what would dinner turn out like?
  • Napa Valley would just be hot
  • Cheese would be lonely
  • High school reunions would be unthinkable
  • A night at home watching reruns of Sex and the City would be spent drinking… water
  • Dinner with friends would end as soon as the bill came
  • We’d all realize how totally uninteresting we really are
  • People would have to switch to drinking bourbon and the like (yuck!)  but maybe I should start developing a taste – just in case.

Can you even imagine? Well, until that day let’s all sit back and enjoy a nice glass of pinot.

Taken in part from Christiana’s article for Garance Doré.

**Trader Joe’s Charles Shaw wine — infamously known as “Two-Buck Chuck” — is no longer two dollars after an impressive 11-year run.

The California-based grocery store is officially “upchucking” the cost of its Charles Shaw wine, made largely from California-grown grapes and offered in a wide array of red and white varietals, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Merlot. But if you think the days of cheap after-work indulgence are gone, however, don’t rush to drown your sorrows: the price is only going up about 50 cents – retailing at $2.49.

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