You know that feeling you get when you walk past a piece of art that stops you in your tracks? It might be hanging in a gallery, tucked inside someone’s home, or even framed by memory. You don’t just see it, you feel it. There’s a presence, a weight, an unspoken energy that tells you: this means something.

Let’s talk about something real: we grew up eating food that told stories. Sunday dinners that started with love and ended with unbuttoned jeans. Backyard BBQs where the smoke hit your clothes before the plate hit your hands. Crawfish boils where the flavor dripped down your arms and the conversations stretched past sunset.

Have you ever looked at a bottle of wine in the store and saw the words “dry” or “off dry” and passed on it because you didn’t want anything that would leave your mouth too dry? What about champagne? What are your thoughts when you see extra brut?

You’ve probably eaten some pretty delicious dishes at fancy schmancy (yes… schmancy), restaurants and thought to yourself, “it can’t get much better than this”. Well my friend, we’re here to tell you that if those meals didn’t have wine paired with each course, it does get better… a lot better. In fact, one could arguably say that

You’re in the mood for steak and you’ve heard that steak and wine were made for each other. You go grab a random cut from the market, a bottle of red wine, and you feel like you’re set. The question is, are you really though?

One common misconception is that old wine is good wine. People see a 2011 bottle of red wine and automatically say, “oh this must be good, its been aged 10 years.” While it could be true that the wine has aged 10 years, age alone does not equate to good wine.