The character that started this Road for me.  So many times dismissed, but I dismiss the dismissal.  This one from years ago, tasted with family at one of our favorite restaurants… just exchanging thoughts, informally but with a focus and passion.  Not so much for the grape type, but wine and what it does… its dimension and emotional symmetry.  The trial and invitation. It resend, the profuse and inescapable interconnectedness.

I always see Merlot as a sort of angel following me as I grow in this written life, this Sonoma County Beat.  No organization to it, just an amorous wander.  Caught, following, needing…