I had Israeli Muscato and wrote this, go figure

First times are tough. The pressure of giving enough but not overpowering; of taking everything you need and leaving something to entice you to return. First blog entries can be excruciating like that.

My goal: through Vinь & Vanь I'll attempt to demistify wine FOR MYSELF through winening up and writing down, and to have a laugh later on. Self-reflection and outer scrutiny lie in opposite time spectrums, the former lags while the latter is always two steps ahead. Hence notes on wine smelling like "peanutbutter jar wash-off" or tasting a bit like "a shriveled apple that spent two weeks comitting in a leather bag" might seem like misplaced comic relief, but they are not. I will be outmost serious most of the time.

My paycheck = wine under $40. So I'll be blowing wind into sails of the belief that excellent wine can be found in that price range. I'll start by justifying drinking what the British call "plank".

Give me a subpar wine and I'll provide five reasons to drink it:
ONE: Get a taste of what wine shouldn't taste like (also known as developing the palate)
TWO: Get a buzz, which, after enough times, will prove invaluable as your alcohol resistance grows and you are able to trully "taste" the blackberries in your fourth glass of "Ribera del Duero" as opposed to pondering over what went wrong when you kissed her after insisting that you split the bill
THREE: Keep off stroke/heart attack, provided you consume less than five ounces, as per numerous US health orgs. There is no way to reconcile Frenchmen's/Frenchwomen's high-fat diet, insurmountable wine consumption, lack of exercise with their lack of widespread obesity and eighty one year life expectancy, which is nine places behind the rice-eating, fish-stock-depleting, and whale-killing Japanese. Thomas Jefferson once exclaimed,"I have lived temperately ... I double the doctor's recommendation
of a glass and a half of wine a day and even treble it with a friend."
FOUR: Antioxidize the radical self into liberality (you will know you've accomplished this by "wine lips" or #2)
FIVE: Resveratrol out your wrinkles
SIX: Further reasoning will require further lubrication, I had enough Muscato for only five reasons