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Over the past nearly three years, my partner, Robb, and I have gone to probably 100 or more different wineries in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.  We enjoy going for wine tastings, where we sample various offerings, and we'll jump at the chance to take the tours when they are available.  As we travel to new areas, we are always on the lookout for wineries.  (And maybe even the occasional brewery or distillery--hey, it's alcohol, right?  But the emphasis will be on wines.)

What you can expect from us is commentary on our trips to various wineries.  You're going to get the straight shot from us.  We will talk about the wines.  We may mention amenities at the winery, such as outdoor tables, comfortable seating during and after the tastings, gift shops, and so forth.  We may even comment on some of the tasting staff and our experience with them.  If we like a winery, you'll know it.  If we don't, we may tell you why.  We definitely will recommend places to go, and may even speak of places to avoid.

But, we're not going to get all technical--that's not us. 

We started out as novice wine-bibbers in January 2012, but we have learned quite a bit about it since.  By summer, we needed to buy this:

We were shopping in a junk store in Dover, and it was behind the door in a dusty warehouse.  The next weekend saw it strapped to the roof of my Cavalier, a la the Beverly Hillbillies.  All we needed was Granny in her rocker to complete the look.  While a lot of the half inch (1 cm) of dust on the bottom shelves blew off during the 40 mile (64 km) trip home to northern Delaware, it still needed a lot of work and tender loving care.  I took the hose to it on the patio and disassembled it.

Thank God for Murphy's Oil Soap and, once it dried after a solid rinse, some Watco Danish Stain.  It took me a week or so to thoroughly clean, stain, and reassemble the rack, and we subsequently bolted it firmly into the studs in the dining room.

It's a conversation piece.

It's thirteen rows of nine slots each, one hundred seventeen total.  A new one has 14 shelves and retails for about $200.  We got a deal!  And, yes, we've needed some overflow storage since then, for much more than the nine bottles the missing shelf would've given us.

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