sf wrote:

>> I swear it said "Charles Shaw, Ceres, California: Vintage, Tuesday."
>
> I think some of those new wines are terrific! I prefer steel "aged"
> too... because I like wine that tastes like the grape, not the barrel.

I'm with you on that one, though sometimes I like an oak-aged chardonnay to
accompany some brown-buttery fish or vegetable dish.


> Ceres set off a bell. I'm gaga about a jam (raspberry-peach) from
> Fontana Farms in Ceres. Just got a refill this week.

Lin's got a niece or two around that area; we visited them earlier this
year. They don't seem to be experiencing the same water woes that
agricultural areas further south are experiencing.

Bob