“Good wine,” Henry James observed in A Little Tour In France, “is an inward emotion.” Or as wine expert Kermit Lynch writes in Adventures on the Wine Route: “Wine is, above all, pleasure.” Those quotes pretty well sum up my wine-blogging philosophy. And this clickstream from my Google Reader offers some clues into stuff I’m interested in, wine and otherwise.

A journalist by trade, working on matters that are not nearly as intoxicating as writing about wine, I intend to stick to the same principles I practice in my day job. That includes not accepting payments or favors to write one way or the other. This blog is not affiliated with anyone or anything else. For better or worse, whatever I say in these pages is my own opinion.

What you see is a work in progress, like everything else on the Web. That’s what makes it interesting. Questions, suggestions or complaints are gladly accepted. It’s easy to contact me.

One final thing: Pay no attention to speculation that this blog is a ploy to get wines in greater quantity and better quality through the front door. ;-)
— Sam Meddis, aka vinothekid