"Ed Rasimus" > wrote in message
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>
> Was it the '94 or '95 that WS cursed as "Wine of the Year"? I recall
> picking up a couple of bottles of the '95 at around $30US and then
> eight months later finding a bottle on the shelf of a local store for
> only $135!
>
> Regretably I drank them in their infancy.
> >
Ed, that was '96, as I recall. I bought one from the winery at $28 - the WS
issue had just come out, and the tasting room was a madhouse. The '97
retailed for $50-60, thanks to WS. Grr!

Dean