Since college and for years after, my drinks of choice were spirits instead of wine and beer. I enjoy drinking especially in a festive setting. Carmen and I usually drank vodka based drinks, as they tended to complement the themed parties we used to throw. All that changed in late 2007 when we found out Carmen and I were expecting our first child. Carmen stopped drinking spirits and I felt bad drinking our usual without her.
I needed a more socially acceptable drink that we could both share, in small (quantities of course); which is why we began to drink more wine. Remembering our earlier Copia experience we set out to the nearby Trader Joe's to find something to entertain with.
We had some hits and misses in those early days since we tended to only purchase wines in the $5-8 range for ourselves and $10-14 range if we were expecting guests.
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| Our good friends from college, tasting a California Syrah. |
Our first wines tended to be Californian since we live in California. So a typical wine selection for us in the early days were Cabernets, Merlots, Pinot noirs and Syrahs. Carmen began gaining a taste for sweet white wines, I'll touch on her favorites later. Most importantly even with our lifestyle change, we were doing our best to transition into our new lives and entertain, this time with wine.
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