Well THERE'S some positive connections with the vine!
One of my colleagues arranges his Sabbaticals around wine growing regions of the world: so far France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Australial mate!
Every fall he and his W host a Wine tasting event where for a minimal fee ($10 a head) faculty and students alike can go to their place and sample from a selection he himself has made.
He types up the names, tasting notes, prices, all done in order (whites first, reds last) with plain bread chunks for cleansing the palate. HE's got a cellar to envy!!!
It's always a LOT of fun...
Interestingly, wow, just remembered this. When I was a grad student, this same Prof was my mentor and I was his Teaching Assistant. About the time I relapsed with my Ulcerative Colitis, a former fellow student of mine, M, confessed to me that she was having an A with this prof of ours.
Now, she was finished the program and off doing her PhD, but it was a fairly long A. I felt uncomfortable with her confiding in me as I already knew and liked his W. This "friend" of mine, it turns out, was just using me to have SOMEONE to tell. I'm not sure to this day that my mentor has any idea that I "Know".
Although he was ready to cast all aside for this fling (she was married too), SHE broke it off, stayed with her H and had three kids.
My mentor and his W seem the same as always...I wonder how he feels about it all and if she ever found out.
