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Facing my Wine, Falling Blossoms have Filled the Folds of my Clothes

Imagine a ragged drunk who smiles as he sees a gleaming moon float gently
across a soft gilded stream.

In "Amusing Myself", another famous poem, an inebriated glassy eyed Li Bai writes,

Facing my wine, I did not see the dusk,

But falling blossoms have filled the folds of my clothes,

Drunk I rise, and approach the moon in a river,

But birds are far away ... and people are few.

As Flowers Fall Like Rain

As our notorious poet continues to sip wine from what appears to be a bottomless cup ....
beautiful blossoms flow and the impending dusk seems far, far away.

But one must ask, just what continues to stimulate the poets' brilliant mind.

In " Amusing Myself", Li Bai creates lasting images that illuminate yet another lonely night.

At the same time, he enters another dark foreboding realm.

Facing my Wine I did Not see the Dusk

Perhaps a tragic poem, the real value of this work may lie as we enter the dark recesses of a rare, undiscovered world.

And within this world, the dark realities of the poets' mind may only be dissolved as an abundance of wine begins to flow, and flowers fall like rain.

But then, we must surely ask ourselves ..... should we laugh or cry?

After all, he is China's greatest poet, .... nothing but a notorious inebriated sot.

Such is the life of Li Bai ..... and all that he has now come to represent.

He is an adventurous poet, mystic and rabble-rouser par excellence.

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We usually enjoy the Portugieser from the Mussbacher Eselhaut vineyard of Rheinhessen but the 2004 crop was completely destroyed by hail. The Staatsweingut mit Johannitergut then presented us with their Portugieser from Alzeyer Kappellenberg which they usually reserve for their German clientele. This particular Portugieser reminded us very much of our former wine with a deep red color and red fruit aromas. The wine is very full with excellent ripeness and body. Production of this wine was also limited due to hail and we bought all 60 cases the winery had available. We suggest you order while you can because once this wine is out, it is gone for the rest of the year! PQR04 PQR04


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