Now is the time, as I’ve been known to say in another life, wearing another hat, beating a different drum (which I still beat with my left hand concurrently with wine in the right). The luck just keeps coming. We are in the midst of a grand new year, a fresh decade.
There does happen to be a viral YouTube video someone just turned me on to, one that describes the true happiness we all can foment by choice in the face of the uglinesses that some would have us buy into (re: doomsday, 2010=2012, Hollywoodization of our own dark fears). I would recommend searching it out – it’s easy to find as a “2010 predictions Eskimo” query. Not the most academic or content-laden clip, and a titch long, but worth it.
My point is that we’re swimming in the happy pond if we choose to see things that way. Let’s get down. I don’t know about you, but what I have cooking now is some abso-fab-yumtastic wines to bring on board. On the one hand, there’s a Simple Math Cellars 2008 Chardonnay chiefly from Sonoma Coast fruit, with Sebastopol as a focus. This is the kind of beverage that brings pure, pure chardonnay to the forefront – where lemon and honey meet a crisp yet applesauce-y mouthfeel. The most judicious use of oak comes through but, believe it or not, not until Day Two. That’s right, open a bottle and keep it around for over 24 hours. Delicious stuff, and that’s why I chose to make it part of the repertoire. Wine like this has been going for $35/bottle, but since that’s unnecessary according to both the Simple Math outlook and the Regularian Manifesto, the price is much more gracious. Enjoy.
Next up is a duo of pinots. Not because “everybody likes pinot now” – come on. I’ve done the Burgundy thing and get it. Before any sort of movie prodded me, I might add. And mi partnero has been a pinotphile since before I even bought a bottle of Woodbridge and then swam my way through the Kosta Brown, Red Car, Cargasacci, Nuits-St.-Georges, Clos Vougeot……Pinot noir is a lovely thing. If you like it, then wonderful. That’s another reason you won’t have to take the math test. Simple Math is presenting both Napa Valley and Sonoma Coast ’08 pinots because there’s much to offer on each side of the hill. The Napa wears a cherry crown and the SoCoast brings you flowers. They’re both mighty wines and terrific values the way Simple Math is selling them. I would encourage further investigation while the getting’s good.
In fact, there’s not much Simple Math to go around. It’s like the analogy I use: when you want a breakfast pastry, a doughnut made in the bakery at 4 AM is far more satisfying than a mass-produced donette (or Suzie Q, or what-have-you). When you go to where a human being placed a lot of energy into that morning treat, you can taste the difference. Thus, with wine. As above, so below. And as in the morning, so at night – assuming you enjoy wine at least after lunch….
There’s a Simple Math Cellars tasting in Windsor, California at the end of May. More info to follow. But for now, there’s some more work to be done. So hang in there and stay tuned for announcements of releases and tastings. And please drop a line so we can keep you in the loop.
All the best,
Christian
