
Sacramento Grape & Gourmet 2009
The 2009 Grape & Gourmet show-(sip a lot)-and-tell was held last week at the Sacramento Convention Center. Let me just start by saying that I’ve never, ever before seen so many people (hundreds) arrive at an event on time. Maybe it was the 800 award-winning California wines available for tasting…
For adults who love wine, Grape & Gourmet is to them like Disneyland is to youngens. It’s exciting. It’s hard to believe. It’s tangible. And it’s downright overwhelming.
When my nephew was about 1 and 1/2, he used to get so excited to see me that he’d immediately take off running from his dad’s car toward my front door. But just before he reached me – confused and overwhelmed by his emotion – he’d suddenly drop and begin crying. (We realized early on that this was a very sensitive and sweet boy).
And that’s pretty much how I felt when walking into the 2009 Grape & Gourmet wine competition winner round-up. I wanted to run to my beloved wines and seek out new bottled friends… but alas, there was delectable food too… and oh, look there – friends!
But the beauty about getting older is one, that I’m old enough to recognize what my emotion is all about… and two, that I’m old enough to appreciate all that fine wine (even if it does take me a lifetime).









