When considering wine, the first feeling most of us experience is intimidation. Growing up in America, wine knowledge is by no means inherent and the topic itself seems dauntingly vast. We look to experts for guidance and hear long, obscure flavor profiles and abstract numerical scores. Confused, we dutifully drink what they tell us to without fully understanding either the wine itself or our own personal tastes. If we don't enjoy what someone tells us is good, we assume we simply don't "get" wine. Lost in that process is the importance of individual enjoyment. The realization that we have...

Nine Holes is the simple story of a walk and a talk. While golf is the vehicle. it is a story of developing disciplines for life designed to help us in our pursuit of happiness.