Wine is a serious business.  Winemakers go to college for years to get a degree and then have to do an internship and residency just like medical doctors.  Vineyard Managers have to be the best farmers in the world, with wide experience in climatology, terroir analysis, varietal optimization and biodynamics.   Sommeliers have to train for decades, tasting a billion wines and mastering descriptors like starfruit, myrrh and dairy barn.  Plus they somehow never sell you the bargain wines on the list.

This blog is about having fun with water, alcohol and flavoring.  Of course, we will get into some intellectual stuff about Wine, Whiskey and Brews in future blogs.  Reviews, tastings and travel recommendations will be offered  for you to swallow or spit out.  All of the regular stuff with a focus on Texas.

But first, I am asking you to send me the best LIMERICK about DRINKS that you can come up with.  We’ll post the best in an upcoming edition of this blog.  As far as I’m concerned, Limericks are a smart person’s tweet.

Here’s a few to start:

I once new a musical fellow

Who couldn’t stop drinking Brunello

While sipping the funk

He got stinking drunk

And made a complete mess on his cello.

A word about Sauvignon Blanc

‘Twas said it’s a bang for the Franc

But I disagree

I’d rather drink pee

Than sip on that sissy French plonk

Send all your limericks to info@tslic.com

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