This morning, I was engrossed in a book that I have intended to read for decades, Robert Daley's The Cruel Sport, about Grand Prix motor racing in the late 1950s through 1967. In that era, sports car and Grand Prix racing were a passion of mine. During spring vacation, I would make an annual pilgrimage with friends to Sebring, Florida, for a 12-hour sports car race that attracted most of the top international racing teams and drivers. In those days, Grand Prix racing rarely took place in the United States. To this day, I have never actually attended a Grand Prix race.
At lunchtime, I opened a good bottle of wine, the 2008 Felton Road Block 5 Pinot Noir, from Central Otago, New Zealand. Felton Road is one of two wineries that we visited in Australasia.
