Ponte Vedra Beach is
home to the most prestigious golf tournament of the world, called The Players
Championship. It has the highest purse, for which 150 great golfers
started to tee off yesterday morning on the famous Stadium course, known for
its beautiful, scenic 17th hole. The Players Championship, also often
referred to as TPC, transforms this beautiful little town called Ponte Vedra
Beach into a very happening place. It is that time, when people request
the reserve or so called captains wine list. It is that time, when guest
order magnum sized bottles of wine, when $300 dollars or more for a bottle of
wine, doesn't really matter. When white burgundies are
being enjoyed, when
wines like Screaming Eagle find new owners and are being dusted off the wine shelves. The only sad thing is that most of these
great wines, that waited all year to be opened and enjoyed, are more often than
not, really just "bragging rights" wines. In other words,
they are just being ordered because they have a high rating and will impress
others. But after drinking all day already on the golf course, the only
memory they will have the next day, is the crumbled restaurant receipt in their
pocket, which reminds them of the name.
Oh well - I guess it
takes all kind of wine drinkers in this world. Enjoy the tournament and
the great dining and wining if you are in town!
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