Susie and I went to the animal shelter and adopted a teenage cat two months ago. Her name is Koko and she is a bundle of energy. She wakes me up every morning at around 5 am and I play with her for roughly an hour. I’m a morning person, so it doesn’t bother me that much. Susie on the other hand is not. I do my best to keep her out of our bedroom so Susie can get her rest. We both love cats and Koko is a nice addition to our family. It has been an adjustment for both of us. I no longer have peaceful mornings to sit at my computer and write. As you have noticed, my writing has been sporadic at best. I am attempting to alter my schedule somewhat to get more time to work on articles like this. I’m sure I will gain some consistency over time and I can’t wait for Koko to calm down a bit.
October is “National Merlot Month” and I plan on featuring Merlot on my YouTube channel. I love Washington State Merlot and have found some good ones out of California. Believe it or not, Italy can make outstanding Merlot as well. I want to shoot some blind tasting episodes where I pit California Merlot against Washington Merlot to see which comes out on top. It’s going to be fun and I have enough of both to do about three shows. I might even throw an Italian Merlot in the mix. I hope you are able to check them out.
My “Pick Of The Month” for October is a Washington State Merlot from High Heaven Winery. I recently discovered their wines and was pleasantly surprised with what I found. Their Merlot over-delivers for the money and really showcases Washington Merlot for under twenty bucks. I can never understand why I post my pick so late each month. I hate procrastination, but it haunts me nonetheless. I should have my pick for October up on this blog soon. The Seattle P.I. stopped their reader’s blog post section where I was the Blue Collar Wine Guy. I was a bit bummed that they took it away, but now I feel it is a blessing in disguise. I started stanthewinman.com a long time ago and it’s time I focus all my energy here and my YouTube channel. Look for my Winery Of The Year and my “Top Twenty Wines Under Twenty Bucks”, which I will post on this blog in December.
Speaking of my “Winery Of The Year”, I have decided who that will be. I’ve been excited about this winery for a long time and figure it’s time to shine the light on what they do. A lot of my readers know this winery, so they won’t be surprised when I reveal my choice for 2021. Barnard Griffin is my current winery of the year that I revealed at the end of 2020. I’ve seen a noticeable increase in sales of BG wines at the store I work at since I made them my focus winery for the year. I give a lot of thought to these decisions, and it makes me happy to see results. It’s only a couple of months away, so stay tuned.
Cheers!
Stan The Wine Man
