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Notes From the
Vintner
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Welcome
to our column. We hope that you will return to
learn interesting notes on wine, and related
subjects. Wine is a great gift from God to be used
for the enjoyment of man. It is a food, and should
be treated as such. It is meant to lift up the body
and lighten the soul. 03/1/03
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The call to
make wine, where
does it come from. Who issues the call, and why do you
respond? These questions come to mind as I set at the
computer to write these notes. Each of us knows that life
can be everything we wish it not to be at times. People come
and go in our life, and our goals change. What is important
today may not be important tomorrow. However there are core
values that come from the spiritual side of us that keep us
going each day. Life is what we make of it, not what others
make of it for us.
Enter wine.
Wine is a gift from God, and like all gifts is to be
enjoyed, and not abused. Granted that there are those who
abuse wine, but the majority of us enjoy wine in the proper
manner. It is the appreciation of wine that sparks the
interest in making this enjoyable drink. The enjoyment of a
good glass of wine sets the stage for the call to make wine.
And this call comes from the inside, not the outside. No
friend can talk you into becoming a wine maker. This is what
you chose to do. From the joy of enjoying wine to the idea
of making your own comes from the inside. Once you have
desired to make the move to wine maker, no one can change
your mind. It is as a calling from the Lord to share in this
mystery.
You respond to the
call because you know the joy and happiness that come from a
glass of wine enjoyed alone or with friends. It can lighten
the heart, and place a smile on the face. You answer the
call because of all the good things that wine means to you.
It creates wonderful memories, and joy in the past…It
creates fellowship in the present…And is the promise of
unity in the future.
So my fellow
wine makers…enjoy your call and treat the calling
with great respect, for the calling is from a higher level.
A toast, to God, to you, and to me! !
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