There must be hundreds of wineries here, in the Finger Lakes region. I went to my first wine tasting yesterday. I did not know that this particular subculture was so passionate! I heard so many fiery discourses from learned scholars of the holy grape, expounding on such things as the exquisite bouquet of the reserve wines produced from fruit so succulent, it must have been kissed by Dionysus himself. One woman next to me was almost orgasmic, when she found that the winery had a device that ever so gently penetrated the cork of the bottle with a surgical needle, and would subsequently allow the introduction of argon gas into the virgin libation, and permit its extraction without any noxious oxygen detracting from its flavorful nuances. This allows for the most perfect sensory experience, because for true connoisseurs, wine is a an epicurean dream come true. I was completely, and utterly, out of my depth. I felt like the Thomas Haden Church character from Sideways. But, passion about almost anything, is wonderful. It makes me glad, to see it expressions anywhere. Much better than apathy. #thefingerlakes #canandaigualake #passionforwine (at Canandaigua Lake)