Dream job no. 500:

Writing food descriptions. Doesn't reading this just make you feel indulgent?

"The name Bogle comes from the Scots word for phantom and this, their namesake wine, disappears like one too. A blend of 54% petite sirah, 43% zinfandel and 3% mourvedre, The Phantom is a haunting, fruit forward wine that begins with traces of blueberries, violets, chocolate-covered cherries and black pepper on the nose. Subtle notes of spice, clove and mocha complement the wine's fruit characteristics on the palate, finishing with toasting oak aromas from two years in a combination of one, two and three year old American oak."

Mmm. A haunting, fruit-forward wine. How something tastes haunting is beyond me, but this one does!

Or what about this:

"A purple red colour with very seductive and attractive violet shades. The wild raspberry aroma invades the glass. In the mouth, sweet memories of sugar flakes, red fruits and violet flowers invite us to stay trapped in its magic."

My mouth is watering, and I can't stop feeling like a pretty girl in a sundress. I love the way wine people talk about wine! I'm still a very, very new student (twenty-two in two months), so I can't say much about it yet, but I can certainly listen!

V. and I wandered into a small wine-tasting at a local supermarket today, and were appropriately nonplussed by the discussion of woods and roundness and smoothness and pepper in wines. (I didn't even know they were supposed to be peppery!) We left with a little more knowledge, a few slices of truly fantastic Brie, and also a bag of Honey Nut Scooters. (I needed a little midweek grocery shopping. It was convenient. What can I say?)