One reason why my wife is awesome
Valentine’s Day came and went this week, and with it came a couple of presents for me. My wife got me a terrific present that is related to wine: The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia, 4th Edition by Tom Stevenson.
This book is cool. I have barely begun to scratch the surface of the content but I can’t wait to dig into it a bit more. For Christmas, I got The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson, so I clearly have a lot of reading to do. Both of these books are massive hardcover affairs with lots of photos and tips about how to pour wine, choose the right glass, pair a wine with food, and so on and so forth. I’m in heaven.
Speaking of heaven, my friend pointed out this article to me in the New York Times. I doubt that link will work for long, but it’s worth looking at the article if you can. Park B. Smith is one of the world’s most incredible wine collectors; his cellars cover over 8,000 square feet at this point. I wish I had the kind of money and time required to amass such a wonderful collection! I think if I had that kind of collection, I’d store it in a bomb shelter somewhere deep underneath the high desert of New Mexico.
Smith is one of the founders of the restaurant Veritas in NYC. Veritas largely began as an excuse for Smith and another wine connoisseur, Steve Verlin, to sell their wines to the public so they would be consumed within the appropriate period of time after their release. Now there’s a problem I wish I had! At least my wife is awesome.