On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:13:44 -0700, "Theron" >
wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:56:32 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:42:35 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Christian Brothers, sure as hell, is cooking wine!
>>>
>>>Christian Brothers is still around? I haven't seen CB in years! When
>>>I was in my 20's it was *branded* and sold by the glass at an upscale
>>>French restaurant I ate at every now and then (for a treat) on my
>>>lunch hour.
>>
>> I forgot to say.... the poor quality of wine (shipping ruins it) is
>> why I turn to the hard stuff when I'm out of California and I order
>> French wine over California wine when I'm on the East Coast.
>>
>>
>I'm afraid, my friend, that the Bordeaux taste exactly the same in
>California as they
>do in France, and vice versa. That's also true of the more delicate French
>wines, like
>Beaujolais.

Correction, I wasn't saying French wine tasted horrible out here.
Maybe CA wineries who ship to France take better care of their wines.
I dunno. In any case, the last thing I'd order in France is a CA
wine. I live in CA.

>You would potentially have a problem shipping an old wine, with
>a fragile
>cork, and more ullage than a new bottle. One might be a bit worried about
>that.
>The consigners, selling old cellars, do ship around the country.
>
I understand. Future son in law is in the collectable wine business.


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