 So today's vlog is gonna be a little bit different today. It's not going to be entirely about wine We're gonna talk about guilty pleasures. I think we all have them and here's mine. What is it? You just have to stay tuned So it's Saturday and I even though it's Saturday the weekend I should be doing a lot of work But I have problems focusing on Saturdays in the fall one of my great loves Growing up and even today was basketball played basketball Up until I started to go off and do the whole wine thing But I also played American football in high school. I was not a very good football player But I think I was much better at basketball, but I do think that football Football and sports in general are a great analogy for life, especially American football There's so many tactics got to take advantage of what the defense gives you on offense You could you can try to power through power through power through but sometimes things don't always work out Then once in a while you get things absolutely right everything lines up and you break through you make a big play You play hard. You don't always win on the scoreboard, but at the end of the day Playing in the game is a lot better than just watching from the stands So I went to school to college to University at Michigan State University Michigan State University has the reputation for being a basketball school, which was awesome going to the games the atmosphere Football doesn't have as doesn't have as much a recent story to history and during my time in school We were bad. They got to get that 12th man off the field Then after I left we got good Mostly celebrating if you're a Spartan for this victory then we got bad again So I've been living outside the USA for about 11 years now And one of the few ways that I stay connected to the to the US is actually through watching Michigan State sports I have to admit I spend way too much time reading about Recruiting about what's going on with the team behind the scenes stuff and listening to podcasts listening to talking heads I'm a big fan of the lockdown Spartan podcast and the Spartan speak podcast So will Matt Graham Chris you're watching. Thanks a lot for helping me stay connected I actually sometimes feel really really guilty and terrible when I'm listening to those podcasts because it's time I should be spending in this YouTube channel creating writing. I think sports are so Funny we get so passionate that we get so passionate about them We get so locked up about our team are the teams that we follow even though in the grand scheme of things That has no real bearing on your everyday life. It's just something nice to talk about But it's also funny how it keeps you connected to certain things places people and community There are a few communities as passionate as fans of different sports teams I know there's a lot more important things going on in the world right now But I have to admit with the coronavirus everything it looked like Though it looked like Michigan State University all other big-ten schools We're gonna cancel the season until just a few weeks ago. Well the season started last week It's Rutgers and Michigan State. Maybe the season should have been canceled because it was an awful result Rocking little party Lots to a team that hadn't won in the last 20 one league games Oh, Michigan State football has been pretty bad the last couple years. They still watch every game sometimes I feel like a masochist I don't even know why I watch with a little bit of hope things that hoping that things are gonna change But most of the time I end up just like this So today's a huge day actually for Michigan State fans because this is the annual rivalry a game against University of Michigan and we are a huge underdog If you don't watch American football, you don't or sports in general just know that being a 24 25 point underdog Means that you're probably gonna get blown out funny thing is I have a call scheduled with certain some LAs from all over the world Especially USA toward the end of that game, but things go as everybody predicts will be getting blown out And then I won't need to worry about losing focus. But anyways, I do have a couple wines aligned up Just in case we get slaughtered a first is the gorilla. This is the retro 2018 Penella Zelen Robola, Robola Gialla and Malvasia Starska macerated into a light orange wine and then in the barrel I'd like this vintage in the past from the Vipava Valley in Slovenia really excited to try that We also have another one. I'm gonna open for this the sound call. This is the master Daniel 26 tall years Vino Tinto from 2019 to Vino the tally. That's the only Appalachian in the world dedicated to M4 making base making wines in the Alentejo, Portugal I really like this producer really classic traditional despite all the beautiful modern labor labels I'm excited to get into this wine That was real We're not too shabby 24 point underdogs up 14 10 at half up four points But what I'm sipping on is the 26 tall yes, Mestre Daniels 2019 red Vino de Tadia only Appalachian in the world in southern Portugal dedicated To just M4 wine making blend of trinca data our reganez, which is Tepernia and Tita Grossa It actually has a lot of complexity for a wine that doesn't see oak a lot of black cherry blackberries This nice earthiness My only problem with this. I really like the whites. I think or the orange wines a little bit more than the reds The acid the in this wine is really high really sharp to turn off a lot of people But I don't think the complexity or sorry. I don't think you can deny the complexity Especially for a wine that doesn't see wood. I mean I like the whites a little bit better, but Yeah, bread not bad. Let's see what happens in the second half. See if I didn't waste my day Wow Sportsman just like life you're gonna peaks and valleys after a terrible performance By my Spartans last week big huge win 24 point underdogs you come up with the win I'm just so excited. I don't think I could even taste the gorilla right now because I just won't do it justice I'm maybe I'll give it like a hundred points. You'll just have to stay tuned to our best of Slovenians Best Slovenian wines we taste the article. It's coming up soon within the next month. So I Guess it's not, you know It was my guilty pleasure, but it gave me a whole night of enjoyment a whole week of enjoyment I'm gonna feel great about myself. That's sports That's life. Hope you stay safe out there. We'll see you in the next video Hello, thanks for watching. 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