Welcome Drinkers,
One of the biggest perks of being a wine writer are the samples, and while there are plenty of good things about receiving copious quantities of free wine, there are some negatives. You have to be careful to curb your drinking, you have to remember what you’ve drunk and how good it was and if possible make some notes about it. Getting rid of all the empties in an environmentally responsible way can also be bothersome but there’s also an underlying issue you would never think of. Feng Shui. Don’t laugh. One of the more logical tenets of Feng Shui is that you should not live with your work. My house used to be festooned with bottles until it was pointed out that this might be bad feng. I was at first dismissive and derisive of such an idea but as it sunk in and I looked at the bottles and labels that surrounded me I realised that there might be some truth in it. The wines that lined the house were ones that I wasn’t particularly eager to taste. That’s why they remained - like the peppermint creams in the box of chocolates. They were constant visual reminders of work that needed to be done and should have been done long ago. They were duly removed to another place and peace was returned.

Chugalug