Tom S > wrote in
:

> Hola Santiago!
>
> I had completely forgotten about sending that bottle of wine to you!
> I'm glad and honored that you enjoyed it that much.

You can count on that!!

> I don't recall for sure where you are located, but my guess would be
> Spain.

Correct.

I was there on vacation in October of 2001, right after the
> NYC terrorist attacks. It was a great time to travel. The airplanes
> were almost empty because everyone was afraid of ending up in another
> hijacked plane, and the Euro was 87 cents to the dollar. My sister
> and I visited Madrid for a few days and took in some touristy things:
> the Prado; Toledo (where I bought a very nice chef's knife); Paloma
> San Basilio in "My Fair Lady"; and a pretty good flamenco show. Then
> off to Malaga for a week where we caught some sun, drank some good
> inexpensive rose, ate paella, and took a trip to Gibraltar. The
> little bit of Spanish I had picked up at work turned out to be
> somewhat useful! Now that I'm back in college I'm actually studying
> Spanish because it's a requirement for enology majors. I'm OK with
> the vocabulary, but the verbs are driving me crazy!

Sure English is so much easier on the verbs than Spanish.

The bottle I got was from 2000 vintage so it should be around year 2002, I
guess. Not really sure and I do not really have the email account we used
anymore.

>
> If you're ever in Los Angeles be sure to give me a call or drop me a
> line.
>
Will do!

s.