Rock and a Hard Place

To the Durango Kid,  Antoinette

This political season has most of us feeling like we want to jump out of a plane without a parachute....but don't (that's just a figure of speech unless you're Luke Aikens). Always have a safety net,  and for those of us who prefer to stay on the ground...that net is wine! So when you are overwhelmed by hopelessness living in this Animal House, or feel stuck between a rock and a hard place,  don't give in...take a lesson from cabernet...turn a negative into a positive...and remember the best wine comes from the grapes that struggle the most but persevere. They have the best character and most intense flavor...like the grape, whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and brother after this election cycle nobody still standing will be girly men.(I wonder which bathroom they use) So when this political season is driving you bonkers, and your Facebook page is filled with rants right and left from Wikipedia intellectuals, don't commit sepeku, or worse...unfriend everyone...instead, uncork an Alexander Valley Cabernet. Find your solace in a wine that grew up between a rock and hard place and achieved perfection. When the going gets tough, the tough get going to the nearest refreshment stand and restock their wine supplies. Whatever the outcome of the elections are...don't despair,  go out and win one for the Gipper, and remember...win or lose, we booze. Whether your glass is always half empty, or always half full... there's still room for more wine. Top it off and soon you'll feel like tempered steel. Strong enough to survive any election, bad cliches, and stolen movie lines. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No! Because it's not over until the fat lady sings. So you can do what you want, but I'm not going to sit around here and listen to you bad mouth the U.S.of A! Gentlemen, I'm going to the wine store. 

August 3, 2016