Got your flu shot?

I wish I had. Thanksgiving came and went with me fighting one heck of a cold or (quite possibly) a mild case of influenza. Various medicinal components make for an interesting cocktail, but not one I'd recommend for flavor or pleasure. In any event, the Thanksgiving dinner wines were pleasant, but I was in no condition to do a thorough tasting. We did enjoy the 2001 Chateau La Malle Sauternes with dessert. Even in my medicine-induced fog, I could enjoy that treat. I think our planned trip to Chicago on Sunday to pick up some wine at the wine locker and to Sam's Wines and Spirits will have to be postponed. Production of a new podcast may be delayed by a week, I regret to say. You don't want to listen to me "sound lige I can't eben talk" and I don't want to spend hours editing out the coughing spells. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday. We all have many things to be thankful for, and we really shouldn't need a holiday to remind us of that fact. (If this post seems to be a little more meandering than normal, blame it on the meds.)