I know I’ve quoted Dottie and John from the WSJ multiple times, but thier latest article (Rails, Romance, and Really Good Wine) is easily one of their best yet.

This paragraph in particular speaks to the wine lover and what I like most about the wine experience.

“Any true wine journey is a love story and don’t let anyone tell you different. Maybe it’s love of a region, of the soil, of tastes, of the people who surround wine. Sometimes it’s just plain love, between two people. That’s what happened to us. We were 21 when we met. We had in common a passion for journalism… and in short order, wine. Wine wasn’t just a nice beverage. It was a place. It was a place because of where it came from. When we bought a bottle, we’d take it home and excitedly look in books to see where it was made and imagine ourselves there someday. And it was a place because it put us in a place, just the two of us, where no one else really lived.”