So, I know I said that Clay and his mom would be dancing to Wind Beneath my Wings, but I might have to change that, because this would be pretty sweet as well. Currently, I'm trying to convince one of the other POUR DECISIONS authors to choose it for their groom.
Guess you'll have to wait a couple of months to see how that played out. lol!
Life is more than just the lies we try and tell ourselves about what we’ve done and who we are.
I guess the truth is that I never stopped loving Ben. And I never stopped imagining how different my life might have been if he were only the person I needed him to be, instead of the person that he is. Which is silly, right? I mean, truly; it’s laughable. Because if he were someone else, he wouldn’t be him. And the world is already full of people like that. What good is one more gonna do me?
Besides, if I’m honest, Ben wasn’t ever the problem. That was me. I was never the person he believed me to be. Oh, I thought I was, in the beginning. I tried hard to be, and that worked for a while. Sort of. But eventually I reached the point where I had to make a choice between living life for myself, or for everyone else.
And when it came right down to that…how could I not choose me?
Yeah, this is another one that needs no explanation. And requires no notes. F*ck everyone who's brought us to this place yet again.
Hint: I believe I was writing Scent of the Roses, at the time. But I digress...
This was quite a nice wine made in the Italian style from grapes grown in the Texas High Plains. It's a young wine (as Rosé tends to be). And it was a very pretty salmon color, but oddly cloudy. It actually looked like a Pét-Nat wine, to be honest.
There were notes of burnt orange, fresh berry, and caramel on the nose. I tasted cantaloupe, strawberry and dried wild blueberry...which makes it sound sweet, which it was not! Lots of minerality, though. Not a bad thing.
I enjoyed this at the Texas Hill Country Olive Company Bistro along with a lovely salad and a chicken caprese sandwich. I think they paired very nicely.
The Spring Equinox falls in the month that nearly all Native Traditions recognize as being one of Big Winds--big changes. And big changes have certainly come to Oberon this spring, along with an ancient evil that must finally be laid to rest.
Cara Matthews is a girl with a troubled past and a very troubling present. The teenage girlfriend of Oberon's newest guru has always looked for love in all the worst places. And it doesn't get much worse than the Church of Truth, Light and Vision.
Former cop Liam McKnight could have told her that, but he's infiltrated the cult in hopes of discovering some clue to the whereabouts of his missing family members, and he can't jeopardize his mission--not even for love.
In a month marked by birth, death and marriage, the inhabitants of Oberon must all come to terms with what's really important to each of them--important enough to die for. Only one thing is certain; when the winds of change finally stop blowing nothing, and no one, will be the same.
So I've been drinking so many blends lately that it was nice to try this Petite Sirah (which is actually 4% Rubired--more about that later). According to Grape Creek's website, this wine is a dense purple "with a touch of garnet." It's not. It's garnet through and through.
The nose is pleasant. I've had a few wines lately that seemed to have no aroma at all. This is nice--blackberry, cocoa, a hint of espresso, the barest whisper of toasted oak. All as advertised on the website.
Lest you think I'm just copying from what's online--oh, I'm not. The website refers to this as, "the most moody and melancholy of red wines." And yeah, I don't even know what that means.
Even if I did know what it means, I wouldn't apply it to this wine, which has a jammy, lively, fruit forward quality, hints of almond, a moderate amount of tannins. And yes, a silky mouthfeel, as well.
I'd like to pair this wine with something smoky but not too heavy. A charcuterie plate, perhaps. Or maybe a pasta dish--mushroom and pancetta, pasta carbonara, butternut squash ravioli in a smoked gouda cream sauce. Or anything along those lines. The website mentions beef or venison stew, but I can't see that, at all.
So Rubired is a hybrid of two Portuguese grapes, Tinto Cao and Alicante Ganzin. It's only been around since the late 1958 and I think it's mostly used in blends, cheap rosé and grape juice. It originated in California, where I guess it's still mostly grown. I did read somewhere that it had been tried in Australia, but it wasn't very successful. Mostly, it's notorious for being utilized in something called Mega Purple, which is a concentrate used to enhance flavor and color in wines. I think Mega Purple might have been referenced (unfavorably) in one of the POUR DECISIONS books.
