This just in: Life is not fair.  It SHOULD BE, but it IS NOT, and I hate that.  I hate that I can’t make it fair, that I can’t fix unfathomable things that should never have happened.  But I can’t.

So.  Rather than sit here and wallow, let’s talk about wine, shall we?  Why, yes, I believe we shall, now that you mention it.

*claps briskly*

Here we have Twisted, a 2008 Pinot Grigio out of Manteca, California:

My favorite thing about it is the label.  Love.  If I were artsy-craftsy at all (which I am sadly NOT), I would try to use that label for something.  I think it would look cool pressed between glass and framed, then hung on my dark gray kitchen walls.  (Also, it matches my site beautifully, yes?)  As for the wine itself, eh.  Not terrible by any means but not my favorite, either.

Next up, 2007 Blue Fish Sweet Riesling – Niederkirchen, Pfalz, Germany.

One word, folks.  And that word is YUM.  The label isn’t joking by calling this wine “sweet” – rieslings are sweeter than the vast majority of whites anyway, but this one was yummier than most.  It smelled good and tasted even better, and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire bottle.  Which I drank, um, faster than I should have.   Ahem.  Moving on!

2008 Vertikal Liebfraumilch – Rheinhessen, Germany.

This is the bottle I’m currently working on, and considering it’s a fairly cheap generic table wine, it isn’t bad.  Kind of leaves a bit of an aftertaste, but nothing intolerable.  (Full disclosure: the weird aftertaste could just have easily been caused by the garlic and artichoke hummus that I was consuming simultaneously.)  Word of advice, though:  that foil is hiding a SCREW TOP, NOT A CORK.  My husband discovered that for you, completely free of charge.  You are welcome.