A Toast: To Wine, Women and Song!

Vinted on January 1, 2009 binned in commentary, wine appreciation

Ok, before you start writing me off as a hedonistic waste (at least, on the basis of this post title), please check out the post I wrote for Toast To Change, a web network brain-child of Schramsberg Vineyards.

As described by the TTC website:

Toast to Change… celebrates the power each of us has to embrace and inspire change. Join our community of wine lovers and raise your glass to making changes in our lives and championing others who bring about real change in our world.

I don’t consider myself to be someone who is bringing about world-altering change, but I was invited to pen a toast so I decided to write about the things that had inspired me most in 2008: Wine, Women, and Song.

To get the (very un-sordid) details, you can read the entire post at the TTC website.

Cheers and Happy New Year!
(images: toasttochange.com)

Comments

Vinogirl

Thursday, 1 January, 2009 at 9:34

Joe, really great post at TTC site, got a little teary with the wife and baby bit :)
Keep up the good work, your blog is a great read.
Happy New Year!
Joe Roberts, CSW

Thursday, 1 January, 2009 at 9:53

Thanks, Vinogirl – I appreciate the positive vibes! Happy new year!
ramblin wino

Thursday, 1 January, 2009 at 14:33

Joe,
Sometimes people and events in life come together in such a way, that everything that’s really important, seems so real and obvious. And I applaud you for recognizing it, and being grateful for it, and for holding on to it. Those times in life are like getting a second chance at a ‘first’ chance – and they change us forever, and they lead to even more growth. I’ve never met you, but all I can say is -I’m very happy for you!
P.S. And I agree with you about music too!
Joe Roberts, CSW

Thursday, 1 January, 2009 at 16:46

Thanks, Ramblin’. I appreciate the thoughts, and I *am* grateful for them :-). And for the music!
Sean

Monday, 26 January, 2009 at 8:20

Right on Joe. Right on.
Joe Roberts, CSW

Monday, 26 January, 2009 at 11:07

Thanks, Sean – Cheers!

Chatter

1WineDude { Bob - ha!!! :) I did read one issue back in 2005 or so. Never went back. } – Sep 26, 6:33 PM
Bob Henry { "All" of the wine geeks publicly profess to not reading Wine Spectator. (But privately we know they read it at night, illuminated by flashlight under... } – Sep 26, 6:25 PM
1WineDude { Thanks for the update (I don't read WS so wouldn't have known). Glad that it's getting more media play (it deserves it). Cheers! } – Sep 26, 3:06 PM
Bob Henry { Coincidentally, the current issue of Wine Spectator (October 31, 2016, p. 49) discusses Lodovico Antinori's Tenuta di Biserno -- a Cabernet Franc based Italian red... } – Sep 26, 2:40 PM
1WineDude { Bob, I wholeheartedly agree with you. But then, I'm a geek. ;-) } – Sep 26, 7:41 AM
1WineDude { Thanks! } – Sep 26, 7:41 AM