MAY IS THE FIRST NATIONAL WINE MONTH.  

I USUALLY DON'T IMBIBE, BUT PAUL IN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT "A LITTLE WINE FOR THY STOMACH'S SAKE. SO OCCASIONALLY I WILL HAVE A SMALL GLASS, BUT THERE ARE FEW WINES THAT I CAN RAVE ABOUT.  SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THE PRICE OF A WINE IS SET TO APPEAL TO THE UPPER CLASS.  DOES PRICE SET THE TASTE OR QUALITY?  

MY GRANDFATHER MADE WINE--GREW AND CRUSHED HIS OWN GRAPES AND LET IT SEASON JUST RIGHT IN WOODEN KEGS.  HE OFTEN SERVED A SMALL GLASS TO VISITORS AND IF I WAS AROUND, EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT OF AGE, I WOULD GET A TASTE.  IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL CLEAR RED WINE THAT WARMED AS IT WENT DOWN.  I SUPPOSE ENOUGH OF IT WOULD MAKE A PERSON DRUNK, BUT WE NEVER TRIED IT TO THAT EXTENT.  

HIS EXPERTISE AND RECIPE WENT WITH HIM TO HIS GRAVE AND THE GRAPES ARE GONE.  I HAVE NEVER FOUND A WINE THAT TASTES LIKE GRANDPA'S.