I happened to notice this last Saturday night, while Laura and I were at the Chambers' for dinner. We brought a (new to me) South African wine called "The Wolftrap". It was a blend of 68% Syrah, 30% Mourvedre and 2% Viognie. This red wine was delightful to drink. Mostly because I've been unable to properly drink wine for over a year. Red wines burned my throat and caused me to cough - white wine was better, but still not back to what it was pre-stroke. I could drink this red more or less the way I used to. Bruce had another bottle of red at dinner, and this one was hard for me. Then, as an experiment to myself, I had some other Shiraz blend last night - it was fine too. This is terribly exciting for me as wine, chocolate, and cheese are what life's all about. I had two out of three before (no problem with chocolate or cheese), but now I'm three for three. Exciting (for me at least).