My father taught me about wine. Then his wine taught me about life

When my father unexpectedly died in 2016, I rushed home to North Carolina. The 6 hour-drive was exhausting, more emotionally than physically. Once there, I was unsettled, not just by the shock, but knowing my father died the day before on the couch I was now staring at and wouldn’t dare sit on. A situation not unlike one anyone who has lost a parent has faced.When my father unexpectedly died in 2016, I rushed home to North Carolina. The 6 hour-drive was exhausting, more emotionally than physically. Once there, I was unsettled, not just by the shock, but knowing my father died the day before on the couch I was now staring at and wouldn’t dare sit on. A situation not unlike one anyone who has lost a parent has faced.