Ghosts in the Bottle: A Meditative Approach to Wine
Conventional wisdom tells us we’re better off not drinking alone. But, as the inimitable wine writer Terry Thiese reminds us, “...Sometimes the living people you long for simply aren’t there, so you have to make do with ghosts and wine.”
There are ghosts in a bottle of very old Madeira or back vintage Barolo. Sipping wine meditatively, we draw close to the ghosts of people or places we once knew, or even the people we used to be. Many cultures and religions offer spirits to the spirits. We will sip, write and reflect, with wine as a doorway to the past.
What we’re reading: Excerpts from What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking, by Terry Theise, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit, and others.
Wines we’re tasting: Wines that invite contemplation, hopefully, some with a little age on them.Thursday, July 10, 2025
Mountainview Studio, 20 Mountain View Ave., Woodstock, NY
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
$75
Conventional wisdom tells us we’re better off not drinking alone. But, as the inimitable wine writer Terry Thiese reminds us, “...Sometimes the living people you long for simply aren’t there, so you have to make do with ghosts and wine.”
There are ghosts in a bottle of very old Madeira or back vintage Barolo. Sipping wine meditatively, we draw close to the ghosts of people or places we once knew, or even the people we used to be. Many cultures and religions offer spirits to the spirits. We will sip, write and reflect, with wine as a doorway to the past.
What we’re reading: Excerpts from What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking, by Terry Theise, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit, and others.
Wines we’re tasting: Wines that invite contemplation, hopefully, some with a little age on them.Thursday, July 10, 2025
Mountainview Studio, 20 Mountain View Ave., Woodstock, NY
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
$75
Conventional wisdom tells us we’re better off not drinking alone. But, as the inimitable wine writer Terry Thiese reminds us, “...Sometimes the living people you long for simply aren’t there, so you have to make do with ghosts and wine.”
There are ghosts in a bottle of very old Madeira or back vintage Barolo. Sipping wine meditatively, we draw close to the ghosts of people or places we once knew, or even the people we used to be. Many cultures and religions offer spirits to the spirits. We will sip, write and reflect, with wine as a doorway to the past.
What we’re reading: Excerpts from What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking, by Terry Theise, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit, and others.
Wines we’re tasting: Wines that invite contemplation, hopefully, some with a little age on them.Thursday, July 10, 2025
Mountainview Studio, 20 Mountain View Ave., Woodstock, NY
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
$75