Author: SAHMmelier

Being a stay- at-home mom can leave one thirsting for a taste of the outside world, a world in which sentences are composed of more than three words. Being an educator means one is always seeking an opportunity to explore and learn. Being a woman with a need to connect can be a challenge when adult conversations are rare. In wine, I find the marriage of art and science, agriculture and storytelling provides limitless areas to explore. But it is the people that keep me engaged. The tenacity needed to keep the family dream alive, the risk to start anew, the trials and principles. I love the history of the vine, the impact of a season, the sentiment in the bottle. That is why I write. I write to tell their stories, to share a piece of mine. I write to learn as I teach others. I write to connect with new friends, to disconnect from the world. I write to celebrate what makes each of us unique, and that which ties us together.

Here’s the Skinny

September 28, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

And by “skinny” I mean the low-down, the nitty gritty, the scoop. Not my waist-line. So I am now at day 13 of being wheat-free, dairy-free, nearly sugar-free. You’ll notice that I did not say alcohol-free. I have done a little imbibing on the weekends. Coffee and a drink or three have been my weekend […]

Going Out with a Bang

September 17, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

Ok, so I am doing it. Trying it. Ok, starting it anyway. I eat healthy. I exercise (sometimes more vigorously than others). And I can’t drop the last ten from my now 3-year-old “baby.” My sister has been eating the anti-inflammatory way since she discovered it, for the most part. She was motivated by arthritis […]

Grief and Gratitude (Originally posted 9/11/12)

September 11, 2013.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Originally posted on SAHMmelier:
The light here begins to change in September. It softens a bit, reflecting off the leaves. The fauna seems to let out a collective sigh of relief from the harsh Texas summer. And yet, for me, it now comes with a heaviness that wasn’t there eleven years ago. A mixture of…

Oh, That’s Right This is a Wine Blog…

September 5, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

Lately I have been writing about a little of this and a lot of that but not a lot about wine. Lest I forget why many of you started reading, here are some of the highlights of my summer quaffing. 1) Champlain Valley wines. I was pleasantly surprised by what I was tasting. Think cool […]

I Blinked and She’s Gone

August 29, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

I sent my baby to Kindergarten on Monday. I sent my little girl to Kindergarten. I sent THIS little bundle of love to Kindergarten. How is that possible? It was a blink ago, I promise. It’s not that she is really “gone,” obviously, but it is the first of many steps in letting go. […]

Rosé Colored Glasses

August 14, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

When we began planning our trip to Northern California I had visions of my husband and I running off to vineyards, or I would take off on my own for the day. I’d head up the Silverado trail or 37 solo, windows down, music up and not a hair out-of-place when I arrived for my tasting […]

Past, Present, and Future

July 26, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

“He retraces the steps of those that came before him Balancing the yoke of six generations Honoring the past, visions of the future.” I wrote those words nearly three years ago in reference to the Bundschu family, but they could have easily applied to either of my visits yesterday. Although the experiences themselves could not […]

Home

July 16, 2013.Reading time 10 minutes.

Home. It’s a word that conjures a multitude of images and a concept that has been on my mind. I’ve just returned from a visit to my hometown, and although nearly all my family has joined me in Texas, there is a warmth, an ease, a familiarity there that cannot be easily replicated. If you […]

Everything’s Coming up Rosés

June 13, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

I feel guilty buying wine when I have a closet full, but my closet is filled with mostly reds. At this time of the year, I am into pink. Or crisp, bright whites but that is another post. When dry Rosé started coming back on the scene a few years ago, I was a happy girl. Love it. […]