Vintage Wine Lover Mugs

The Colonel entreats with Sir Barnes Newcome.

Portfolio, 2011

In the Guru District

"I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don't want to bother the 9-1-1 people."

Cocktails on the verandah.

Wine Lady

'Sooner or later, someone at the party will hand you a sandwich and a glass of wine - then what?'

"It better not be any of that over oaked chardonnay."

'This is one of our most recent vintages!'

'Plastic corks, then screw caps; when they come out with a flip-n-sip Chateau Petrus I'm hanging up my tastevin.'

Military Medals

Pashminas are sooo noughties!

'We don't 'skimp' on the pour, sir; we're just generous with the glass.'

'I like you, you remind me of someone.'

'Eight years old, huh? If it's so good, why didn't somebody drink it eight years ago?'

Early Piety

"Wheel, schmeel—check these babies out!"

A Macaroni in 1772

'A Ball at the Mansion House'

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

Illustration from an Unpublished Novel

'No, I'm not the sommelier; in fact, I don't even work here - I've just always wanted to try this wine.'

French wine

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

"It was a cheese and wine party but the mice got there first!"

"I make it myself!"

'This is the last time we hire former Cirque du Soleil members as stompers.'

'Note to self: Like coffee, homemade coffee wine should be available in decaf, too.'

"Are you looking to accentuate or camouflage?"

"Diamonds are so three billion years ago..."

'What wine goes with comfort foods?'

An old-time engineer enters the cockpit on a flight.

"Honestly, Paula, I don't know what I'd do without our daily keggers."

'I don't think that's what they mean by reducing the wine.'

Things I've learned...