Yesterday was darn near perfect as June afternoons go.  An old colleague and friend invited us to watch the San Francisco Giants take on the New York Mets at Pac Bell Park.  Our car’s thermometer read 66 degrees as we drove over to the stadium, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. 
The only hiccup of the […]

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What a week we’re having over here.  I attended a trade-only tasting in Los Gatos organized by the Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association and had the opportunity to sample some truly glorious wines, the most notable of which were Burgundian-style Pinots, Chardonnays, and — though I’m not usually a fan — a fabulous Barbera.  More on […]

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This past year I came up with the project of bringing a list of some of the best bargain bottles of 2007 - about 80 bottles long - to wine merchants to ask if they had anything in stock. 
It was through this effort that I managed to find the wine for which this posting is named: 2005 Turley Zinfandel Juvenile.  Going through my list with the manager of a local wine shop, it seemed that we were headed for […]

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