Hands Down, my favorite picture of the Summer - of Santa Rosa Plums - courtesy Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood Calif. -  hoping to visit there in September I love listening to people talking about wine.  Even though it's all a little overwhelming to me, the phraseology they use  - evoking flavors, tanins, fruits other than grapes, woods, smoke, etc. --- is intriguing and draws me in.  And then there are the rituals of swirling, resting and … [Read more...]