On Jan 27, 9:03*am, DaleW > wrote:
> There was also the infamous Scores bubbly ($200 in club, $6 on
> closeout) that Craig had served last year.

?! Filling in the story would be welcome .

> Wine #2 - very sweet red fruit, light caramel notes, peat, good
> finish. A little odd metallic note on finish I didn't love. I was in
> Rhone here also. Someone (John?) guessed old Zin, correctomundo. Table
> liked a bit more than I did, but nice. 1973 Ridge Geyserville B
> (Geyserville label said "age at least 3 years")

Oh, yum. We've finally finished unboxing wine after the move, and
there are several Ridge Zins from the early-mid 90s, but this is a
different league.

> Really fun evening, thanks to Craig for organizing wines and cooking,
> and to Franco and Rebecca for great hospitality. .

The lineup sounds like one of the more interesting tasting sets; very
fun.