Some wines put their stamps on the world

Some wines put their stamps on the world: "Some wines put their stamps on the world
Sunday, January 22, 2006

Wine, like stamp collecting, puts the world at your feet . As a boy, I remember marveling that this colorful stamp came from Togo (the African nation always had especially nice stamps) while another one was from China or Switzerland. It made the world seem real and accessible.

Wine does the same thing for me today. I still marvel that in far-off Portland (that's how we seem to others), wine messages in bottles constantly wash up on our shore. Like stamps from the tiny city-state of San Marino, these wines can come from impossibly small vineyards. It's a wonderment."