Welcome to the Blog

This blog is really a joint project between my wife and myself to document our adventures in the wide world of wine and books. We are both on the constant lookout for new books and new wine and needed a way to celebrate the good ones (beyond the initial joy of consumption) and a way to ward off repeats of the not-so-good ones.

The name of this blog actually came from Julie and her teacher friends, who fantasize about escaping teaching middle school and opening a shop that would specialize in wine and books, which would go by the name of this blog. For some reason, she felt that a blog which partially focused on alcohol doesn't mix well with public school teaching in small town Texas - so, it's showing up under my name.