Learning about wine

[Thomas]

Chuck, when I started consuming wine regularly it was because I loved wine and food.

Over the years I have found that I also loved the people connected to the wine business--so I got in into the business.

Lately, I have become fascinated with the fact that wine (and many foods) travel a parallel line through the course of civilization; so I have published one book about the history of garlic, wine and olive oil and am on my second book about the history of the wine trade.

There is nothing so pleasing as the subject and taste of wine--well, almost nothing.

As for "legs," one slight disagreement from this camp (did anyone doubt): yes, alcohol level plays a critical role in the formation of legs in the glass, but if a wine has a rather thick body in the form of glycerine, it can have a medium alcohol range and still show its thick, flowing legs.