Gimme Shelter from the Storm

Wine is a good Storm Chaser, Antoinette.

Not many things can be all things to all people with the noted exception of wine. The variety of varietals in various price ranges makes the ambrosia of the vine the right choice for all in a month that gives us much to drink about. With the kickoff of college football and the NFL there are always going to be winners and losers. (though some of us are unfamiliar with their teams losing this week, 😉💲🥂 cheers!)  But for others, the agony of defeat necessitates the comfort to be found in the elixir of life. Remember, as noted wine drinker and Notre Dame fan Pope Francis said.."Win or lose we booze! Fill your glass with something soothing and cure your ills with a bottle of liquid therapy. Wine is your friend in the afterglow of victory, while providing the solace of a needed hug to slain Giants, massacred Redskins, routed Patriots, and Ohio State fans who suffered through Hurricane Boomer Sooner. And while sports are fun and provide a great opportunity to drink before, during, and after games, other occasions are more serious...and wine matches the somber note required perfectly. It's a good time to raise a glass in salute to all those impacted by real hurricanes, all those first responders who risk their life, and those who help however they can. Wine is the perfect accompaniment to births, awakenings, and wakes. So time to get "woke" and realize how essential the Élixir de vie is to everyday life and a balanced diet... just make sure to have a bottle in each hand, 😉. It's also important to have something of quality and effort to celebrate good memories and to memorialize important occasions. Patriot Day (shhh, not you Tom) and 9/11 is a time to celebrate American resiliency... like family, we may argue amongst ourselves at times, but we won't put up with and will always withstand outside threats... so read between the lines of my three middle fingers terrorists (al qaeda, isis, Harvey and Irma) while I hold my bottle of wine in the other hand. Notice what they have in common btw? None of them drink wine. Protect yourself from terrorists, open a bottle of wine.... let it breathe, if it doesn't look like it's breathing give mouth to mouth, 😁. You might eventually need to save someone's life and need the practice. Just remember, getting stung by a Scorpion may Rock you like a Hurricane, but when the sun shines, we shine together...Now that it's raining more than ever...You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh