On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:06:18 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> sf wrote on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:32:12 -0700:
>
>> I prefer CA wines when I'm here in the state. Many shippers
>> don't treat CA wines the way wine they should be treated.
>> That doesn't mean CA wine doesn't travel well. It means they
>> were abused when they traveled. Call me crazy, but I think
>> wine should not be treated as if it was bottled water, soda
>> pop or beer.
>
>I do not make generalizations about wine origins and do not consider any
>country "better" than another except that places like Britain seem to
>have some way to go and some wineries in the state of Virginia have
>delusions of grandeur. Really superb wines are made in California,
>Italy, Australia, France, Germany, etc. but I don't consider that I
>have to go to those places to drink them. New Zealand is producing
>white wines and some Pinot Noirs that compete with the rest of the world
>and unfortunately, I don't think I'll ever get to NZ.

Oh, good grief. You haven't had the problem of trying to get a friend
in another state to enjoy a wine you enjoy at home, buying it (hunting
for it way too long and paying way too much, btw) then discovering
it's a totally different wine that you wouldn't touch with a ten foot
pole at home.

I've found most wine does not taste good when I leave the state and
order it by the glass, so I just switch to hard liquor now and save my
energy for something else that annoys me.... like coffee. I can't
stand that dirty dishwater swill most of the country calls coffee. Or
the continuing saga of Eggs Benedict (MOM! DON'T order the Eggs
Benedict, you know you're not going to like it and send it back).

> Even my county
>liquor store sells wines that have been shipped and stored properly.

Good for them and great for you!


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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West