After yet another inexcusable absence, BWW&FP returns
thanks to the largesse of an enlightened patron; a modern-day Renaissance man,
he is a physician by profession, but excels also in the realms of athletics,
humor, and the brewing of ultra-carbonated hard cider. From this close friend I
received a month ago a shipment containing four bottles of wine intended to
inspire my inebriated intellectual inquests. I can only ask that my generous
benefactor will excuse the delay in the inception of what will hopefully blossom
into a stimulating tetralogy; tardiness that I attribute to my prudent patience in
awaiting a congenial confluence of my inveterate exertions with energetic enthusiasm,
an essential but evanescent companion to creativity.
The first of the quartet of wines sampled was Joseph Händler
Riesling, a 2011 vintage from the Pfalz region of Germany.
