An Extravagantly Pinot Kind of Day (w/ Cheese Toast and Ox-tails)

There's a sense -- or possibly several but never mind that now -- that I live in a different world than many of my readers do, and that's because I receive wine samples for free. Many of these are

unsolicited; the friendly UPS or FedEx person comes to the door and hands over a package or two and I sign for them and bring them inside and open them, and so…