Just a quick post today to wish you all a very merry Christmas (or whatever you may be celebrating this week). I genuinely hope that as 2011 winds to an end you find yourself surrounded by friends and family with a moment to relax and reflect, and certainly with some time to enjoy some good food and wine.
2011 for me will be remembered as the year I spent in San Francisco, the year the blog shifted down to a more manageable once-a-week endeavour, and the first year in a long time that the niece and nephew count held steady at 6. It was a polarized and therefore rather inefficient year in Washington, a second year of strangely cold grape ripening in the U.S, and the end to our troops in Iraq. Globally we saw a developing Euro crisis, and revolutions in the Middle East.
Its worth a moment to reflect as we start to look forward to 2012. For me it is worth a few celebrations (because you got through something, or because of accomplishments, both worth some joy!) It is worth a moment of planning or dreaming about what next year holds, and it is worth me telling you that I appreciate that you read and enjoy this blog. As I've always said, this is fun for me - and I genuinely appreciate that you share that experience.
So a quick toast, a sincere wish of holiday cheer, and a promise to be back one more time this year to share my most interesting wines of 2011. Now off to the market to get that horseradish for tomorrow's prime rib (it's an excuse for the unusual opening of a big California Cabernet tomorrow evening!!) Cheers!
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