This was I believe my very first post on Avvinare, seven years ago. My writing has faded because of family obligations but I am still determined to keep my hand in the blogosphere. I just read quickly through 100 blogs for a client and I am impressed with how people maintain blogs, day jobs, families, a home, pets and a sense of humor. I never had much of the latter which is why my posts are always so “informative” rather than witty or funny but that said, I do admire those that have it all together. In the meantime, I am still drinking copious amounts of wine and hoping to write about them. Another reason I find it hard to write, in addition to my one year old, is that so much is going on in the world that is heartbreaking. I sometimes find it hard to write about wine after seeing the scenes of physical devastation in Calfornia, Utah and Piacenza (natural causes) or the torrent of refugees (man-made). Anyway, on this beautiful final Friday of the Summer I will be participating in a Spanish Snooth virtual tasting. Maybe it will kick off a new season. Saludos.