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When I visited Spain my junior year of high school, I gave the family I lived with some gifts. For my "brother" (aka the student), I bought an Iowa sweatshirt. For his parents, I brought other random stuff. I also made them a dessert one night... grilled reeses, mmmm. They kind of liked it, but thought it was really rich, which makes sense, I guess.

Anyways, when I was packing and getting ready to leave to come home, they gave me a bottle of wine. It's a 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot. My mom wanted to cook with it when I brought it home, but I basically told her that it was out of the question. Instead, I told her that I was going to save it until I was old enough to appreciate wine. That way, I could let it "age." In other words, I wanted to enjoy it.

My roommate's 21st birthday was a week ago. His parents came for the weekend. Within his presents were two bottles of wine. So, I went home this weekend to march at the Iowa/ISU game (I've still got bragging rights). And while I was there, I remembered to bring my wine back to my apartment when I was leaving Ames.

So, I cracked open the bottle tonight. My roommate opened one of his bottles, and I opened mine. It's really good, but also really dry. I haven't gotten used to dry wines yet. Usually, I need to eat something with them, like cheese and crackers. BUT, I didn't have any cheese. So here I am, just slowly sipping my wine, without any cheese. This is sad, but it's okay. It means that I get to taste the actual wine. I think I could get used to drier wine if I had it more often.

Also, I read a study earlier today to figure out what kind of wine had the best health benefits. I knew that red wines had more of an effect than white wines, but I wasn't sure which red wines were the best when it came to healthiness... And it turns out that the drier the wine, the more of a chance that the wine will be filled with the flavonoids and antioxidants that are beneficial. I've got a good and healthy wine. This is cool. I've got some other things to say, but I've got enough homework tonight to where I need to get that done. Later, gators!

i'm going to go have to buy some cheese though, for sure