I can’t help being Goofy,
I’m having A Momentary
Lapse of Reason…

This is the only
thing I can think of as
I sip this wine.

Suspended animation,
a state of bliss.

Almost sweet.

Fruit salad slurpee.

I don’t care WHAT
the flavors are.

THEY’RE DELICIOUS.

When I pulled this one
out of the cooler this
morning I HOPED for something
like this, but THIS
is way beyond my
expectation.

“Program…”
6am: Check global markets
7am: Coffee
8am: Check outstanding
stock options positions
prior to market open.
9am: After assessing
current market situation
and adjusting positions
accordingly, select
wine to be consumed
with lunch and move
(the wine) from cooler
to fridge.
10am: Start “cooking” lunch.
10:30am: Hurry up.

There’s no excessive
acidity nor is there a
cloying sweetness.

Just a seductive
“in between”.

I have fruit flies
arriving from Iowa.

There are no rotting
melons in the garden
this year, so
it must be the wine.

What’s in this bottle?

Since it’s Austrian, let’s
guess that it’s that PN
“similar” grape whose name
escapes me.

Not Zweigelt, the other red
from Austria. (St. Laurent?)

Let’s see.

OK, I missed by the sum
of a vineyard’s row lengths.

Here’s the Skurnick link…
https://www.skurnik.com/sku/rose-vom-stein-prieler-2-2-2/

And Terry Theise’s comments on the 2015 vintage…
(Search for Prieler)
https://www.skurnik.com/terry-theises-2015-austria-vintage-report/

And a link on the grape…
https://www.austrianwine.com/our-wine/grape-varieties/red-wine/blaufraenkisch/

One minute you think
you know something about
wine, and the next minute
you are an idiot.

Ahhh, ignorance…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxjbC7AI5FY

Learning never tasted
so good.

First when there’s nothing
But a slow budding flower
That your anticipation seems to hide
Deep inside your mind

All alone, I have made
little pools full of drool
In a fermentation made of steel
Made of stone

Well, I hear the crush
Close my eyes, smell the fumes
Wrap around, take a hold of my heart

What a feeling
Being’s believing
I can have it all
Now I’m drinking for my life

Take your palate
And make it happen
The MUST comes alive
You can drink right through your life

Now I hear the cork pop
Close my eyes, I am seduced
In a flash, it takes hold of my heart

What a feeling, being’s believing
I can have it all
Now I’m drinking for my life

Take your palate
And make it happen
The MUST comes alive
Now I’m drinking through my life

What a feeling

What a feeling (I am Wine now)
Being’s believing (I am Rosé now)
The MUST comes alive
You can drink right through your life

What a feeling (I can really have it all)
What a feeling
(The MUST comes alive when I call)
I can have it all (I can really have it all)

Have it all (MUST comes alive when I call)
(Call, call ,call, call, what a feeling)
I can have it all (being’s believing)
Being’s believing (take your palate)
(Make it happen) Make it happen
(What a feeling) What a feeling

What did YOU think this
song was about?

Hang in there.