Grapes are not just for jelly

Within the last year Carol and I have taken to sharing a bottle of wine over Friday night suppers. Earlier in life I never had taken much interest in the consumption of fermented grapes. Carol has been enjoying wine for years, as for me it's been beer/ales. Of course I've had the occasional glass of wine here or there but the acidity seemed to be something that I didn't care for. Then a couple of years ago we had one of my brothers over for dinner a couple of times and he'd bring a bottle each of red and white wines. I think that it may have been a combination of his choice of wines and perhaps as I've gotten older I was beginning to develop a taste for what wine brings to bear. Now I have an additional reason to look forward to Friday nights when Carol and I settle in for a quiet supper with a glass or two of wine talking over recent events or things on our minds. For several months Ian worked part time at a New Hampshire winery. Carol and Lois have been buying wine from there that has become part of the weekly rotation as well as different ones picked up here and there. This Christmas past was a banner holiday for receiving wines as gifts. Ian's girlfriend Alie brought us a white and red from her and her mother. The red we enjoyed very much, the white has yet to be opened but it will be soon. My boss included a Pinot Noir as part of gift bags he was handing out to his staff. We drank that last night, it was quite good. At my family's Christmas get together at my mother's we did a Yankee Gift Swap between the adults. I managed to hang onto a wooden velvet-lined wine box which included two bottles plus sterling silver stoppers and pourers. I should partake in some wine tasting events and learn more about the lingo and such – not much of an issue with beer.