Drinking the Wine

When you're in the Foreign Service (or about to be), you know longer pack yourself when you move. There are packers that come and pack your belongings for you. You still have to organize everything, but the packers put it all in the boxes.

You get a booklet that let's you know what all the parameters are. So much weight is aloted to be shipped by air and meets you in a week or so. So much goes by boat or ground and you won't see for perhaps months. You also have restrictions on what you can bring.

For the air shipment, the items must be able to fit within a certain size (so no bikes unless they fold up). You also can't send liquids. Not such a big deal - unless you've got a wine collection.

We've got a few special bottles that we've acquired over the years. With our impending move, we figured now was a good a time as any to open them with good friends and toast life.

The first bottle - Chateau Haut Brion 1983 was given to me by my good friend from college, S., to celebrate my graduation from cooking school.  It was delicious!!!  And what a treat!

Then we opened this great bottle.  A  magnum of Grgich Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 1995 from our good friend D to celebrate us getting married.

It as a great night toasting and celebrating with friends!  We are so lucky to have such wonderful people in our life to share these special times with.