I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend as much as I did. Both events—Slow Food Nation and Sonoma County Wine Country Weekend—were blasts, as was the post-event dinner at The Eloquent One’s. And Pat came with more pancetta, which was a total bonus.

Speaking of bonus, Mansi from Fun and Food Cafe gets big bonus kudos for sending in her post on wine serving basics for Wine & Words Wednesdays. Her point about how the shape of a glass affects a wine hit a note for me; just this weekend we tasted the same wine in different glasses and I was flabbergasted by how different the aromas came across in each. Hmmm . . . I’ll have to dig deeper into that phenomenon.

In the meantime, you might also enjoy these posts on serving and storing wine:

• Getting Closure — how to keep a wine once it’s open
• Wine Cellars on a Shoestring — cellaring options for the rest of us
• Chilled Reds, Warm Whites — what temp are we supposed to serve wine at anyway?

Click here for how to participate in Wine & Words Wednesdays.

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One other nugget to pass on. We’re extending the WomenHeart fundraiser through to the 15^th. So get the word out, and by all means contribute a buck or two (or ten, or twenty) if you’re so inclined. Clos du Bois will match whatever we’re able to raise—up to $10,000–which means we have the opportunity to raise $20,000 for a fantastic cause in memory of a wonderful woman.

Click here for more information on how to contribute. Thanks for your support!