New World Red
November 2024

With the reboot of the television show Frasier, my wife and I started watching the older series which ran from 1993 to 2004. For those too young to remember, Kelsey Grammer reprised his character from Cheers, a show from my high school days, moving back to his hometown of Seattle to take up residence as a radio psychiatrist. For 11 seasons the show meandered through his life with one laughable coincidence after the next. To me the funniest episodes involved his brother Niles and their erudite passions for food and particularly wine. Scenes of their wine club meetings are the epitome of the dichotomy of wine drinking; arguments over inane facts about wine while others just want to get sloshed. It is memories of these episodes that I use to ground myself, particularly with friends and family who are not wine drinkers. During the holidays I try to remember that in the end wine is nothing more than a beverage to make each moment better. So this month I have selected two wonderful wines that will keep you interested by their character, while others around you can simply enjoy them because they are good.

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