This is a belated posting as I just found it in my drafts folder. Despite its tardiness, I wanted to publish it anyway because it was an interesting experience. I've updated it slightly. Do you like to go wine-tasting? Maybe it’s because we live in California, but it’s our favorite way to spend kid-free time - checking out local vineyards and meeting local vintners. When friends take our boys, leaving us to our own devices, they don't even have to ask what my husband and I are doing. The question is: “ which tasting room are you trying?” Okay, so, I’m a little predictable. I love wine. But I’m the wine drinker who dreams of dishes with which to pair a wine versus the wine drinker who talks about the actual wine – as in ‘the nose’, ‘the finish’, etc. So, for a friend’s 40th birthday, I got us tickets to Wine Tasting 101, a seminar at a local wine tasting room. One Friday evening the stars aligned, the two couples were able to sync schedules, line up people...