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From: jane@ames.UUCP (Jane Medefesser)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: California Delusions :-)
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Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 11:28:32 EST
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> Why these delusions with California wines?  The simple matter is that 
> California is too fertile, too wet, and too hot to produce wines of
> complexity and character.  The result of loamy soil and a greenhouse
> climate is similar to that of Italian produce - heavy, bulky, bulging,
> and bulbous.  

How do you know, have you ever been to California, or did you read this
in some "All You Want To Know About Winemaking" book? I grew up in 
California. The wine region can be PLENTY dry and VERY cool. Besides that,
not all California wines come from Napa-Sonoma-Mendocino counties. There's
Monterey, Santa Clara County, Southern Cal.......

> Everyone knows that for the poised distinction and classical elegance
> of a great wine, the roots must painfully search through 20 feet or more
> of chalky and gravelly soil to find their nourishment.  And in the process,
> a bond with nature is formed as the grapes receive an infusion and distillation
of the land.  

Umm, at the risk of flaunting my ignorance, *I* didn't know that (WOW, guess
I'mm not an expert. Gee....


> Put away your Sonomas, your Cabernets and (harumph) Burgundys.  Lay down
> a few cases of '81 Palmer, or your favorite year of La Tache or Lafite.  and
> wait.......just wait.....

No thanks, I'll continue to drink what I like, and that may or may not include 
what you recommend ( I mean, heck, steak is THE BEST, but I'll eat a good 
hamburger ANY DAY )

(Don, I THINK maybe you had tounge-in-cheek when you wrote this, but I still
couldn't resist.)
 

** Send spelling & grammar flames to /dev/null, I've had a rough week (sigh) **


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Jane Medefesser
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