Lower cholesterol! Live longer! Improve cardiovascular health!
Those are some of the claims we hear every week from new studies celebrating the positive health effects of red wine.
Winesmith is happy to get regular doses of the good juice that provides all of these benefits. But I wish somebody could tell me why it messes with my sleep patterns so much.
I knew I’d have a fun time when our host said, “I like to start my trips with Mumm Napa Valley Blanc de Blancs.”
That’s what Erica, marketing director for the Napa Valley Wine Train, said to me, my wife, and a small video production crew last week after we boarded the train for a luncheon ride.
Winesmith is out of wine.
Not exactly, but I’m out of wine I can drink freely. I have a few bottles that are random — but still welcome! — gifts, like the raspberry spumante and other bottles that are being cellared for another day.
So while I’m sad to not have a nice stash of wine to […]
Hi WineLog fans. I’m Winesmith, a transplant from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula living in Washington, DC, who keeps a wine blog at www.winesmithblog.com.
Jason and Kim flattered me with the opportunity to contribute to the blog on the new version of WineLog. Unfortunately for them, I accepted!
So this is my introduction…saying hello Upper Peninsula style. I […]
