I suspect that many of you out there are sports obsessed… when not being wine obsessed. The critical thinking about team strategy, analyzing player personnel and micro-critiquing performance as ‘arm chair’ coaching are fodder for lengthy conversation and always a great excuse to pull a good bottle of wine, if not the de rigueur beer, to stimulate the oft-heated discussion.

I especially enjoy the pre-season time when rosters are being finalized, players are moving around, free agents signed and the complexion of the impending season shaped. As a loyal and true San Francisco Giants fan, I had my ups and downs of watching the moves (or lack of moves) made to the makeup of the team this season and have spent many an hour thinking through how it will affect the game on the field in 2009. This ‘sport’ of evaluating talent for team output is however not the exclusive domain of atheletics. It happens in restaurants and wine too. Really! Continue reading »