WINE BAR AT STARBUCKS

I walked into Starbucks today. It’s before 9am and I’m looking for coffee, albeit disheveled but needing a little pick me up.
The truth is, if they served wine at 9am, I might have a sip. I just dropped two of three kids off at school. I would like to say it was a Mary Poppins morning, but I’m assuming you realize my honesty for wine gives the truth away.  The fact is wine would really be OK right now.
I love my kids, but after a 6am wake up and after hours of negotiating (the choir of angels are singing “We are the world” in the background), I need Coffee (ahem, wine). I’m in line and my three year old angel aka “crazy Max” is having one of “those moments.”

Let me reiterate “those moments”.   My friend in line glances my way with one of those “ I feel for you” looks, but really I hardly notice. My usual chatty son is crying uncontrollably, and he has chosen the moment we walked into Starbucks to be the defining moment. I don’t know what to say.  As I order, the crying crescendos, I tell him to “pull it together”. I realize not the best mothering moment , but it’s the truth.  I’m torn between laughing and feeling awful for telling my son to “pull it together”. (I’ll just leave you with the fact that I was wearing Uggs and work-out clothes, although I never made it to the gym). I roll my eyes at “those” people. I have JUST become one of them.
I might have killed my leg on a display sign on the way out, but we will leave that golden nugget out of the story…

I’m a wine student and I joke about wine. I like wine and my kids Looooove wine stores. (they sell cheese and have a dog as a mascot!) I love wine stores too!

I pour (no pun intended) back into my house after school with back packs, coats, and other nameless items. How do little kids acquire so much stuff? It takes forever to unload, I mean FOREVER. I probably could have conducted a wine tasting in the time it takes to pour (ahem) them out of the car, up the steps and into the house.

It has been a looooooong winter. I dream of the sun. Dream….

Tonight, I’m thinking a Robert Sinskey POV Napa Valley red Bordeaux blend will do the trick. Smooth and glorious, just as the day went (NOT!!!!!!) $40, but it gives the illusion that my day was just as wonderful as sitting in the California sun and sipping this beauty! The best part about this wine, is that the winemaker describes himself as “Daydream believer and wine maker,” perfect for today.

Wine: Robert Sinskey POV, Los Carneros, CA Napa Valley (Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon) $40.00