Re: [CH] California Wines-perfection w/Chiles
Joan Sullivan R.Ph. (Joan@adobedrug.com)
Sun, 23 Mar 2036 10:13:29 -0800
I'm back after 2 weeks vacation & forgot to turn off my mailing lists,
so.....512 messages later I'm responding to this old one. Sorry if it's
already been taken care of. I haven't read that far.
Valley of the Moon Winery is in the Sonoma Valley of California (named
Valley of the Moon by author Jack London), not the Napa Valley. They're
"next door" to us in the east. The winery is near the town of Glen Ellen.
I won't get into the "us vs. them" between Sonoma & Napa Valleys, but it
does become frustrating when people visit our lovely area & actually think
they're in Napa.
As Tommy Smothers says (he owns a winery near Kenwood, in the Sonoma
Valley), Sonoma is where you get good wine, Napa is where you get good auto
parts.
Cheers, Joan
> From: "R.Solarion - Apollonius.Net" <damis@apollonius.net>
> Reply-To: "R.Solarion - Apollonius.Net" <damis@apollonius.net>
> Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 12:11:22 -0600
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [CH] California Wines-perfection w/Chiles
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> Mary Anne, I agree with you. There is absolutely nothing "inferior" about
> California wines, compared to Europe. But watch out! The burgeoning wine
> industry in Texas is about to give California some major competition. Some
> of the Texas wines are excellent. My current favorite is "Ste. Genevieve
> Texas Red" table wine. Once on the Napa Valley Tour, I bought a very
> unusual white wine ("semillon") made by "Valley of the Moon". Subsequently
> I have asked around at several large Texas wine stores about it, but nobody
> ever heard of it. Personally I am not a big fan of zinfandel. I tried a
> whole slew of them at various wineries and didn't prefer any of them over
> others. But the nice thing about wines is that there is something for
> everyone if one looks long enough for that "perfect wine"! Rob
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>> << (I seldom buy anything from California >>
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>> I am surprised to read you don't like California wines. If you drink
>> Zinfandel (I don't refer to the blush soda pop crap), but the earthy full red
>> wines of Amador County, etc. There is nothing like a 100 year old vine Zin.
>> Not to mention some of our Cabernets, etc. Of course my palate is tuned to
>> Cotes de Rhone, Bordeaux, Tuscany, and lovely Shiraz from Oz, and thus love
>> California's artisanal vin.
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>> There is nothing more synergistic with Chile laced food than an old vine Zin.
>> IMHO
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>> Hint stay away from screw tops you might find a California wine you might
>> like.
>>
>> Considering that Mondavi won 1st place in blind tastings against the French
>> wines in the International Paris Competitions-they must be doing something
>> right.
>>
>> Mary-Anne
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