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This is a major concession from the Alcohol control people to keep businesses afloat. Drink up!

It would be better not to put tension on the stem and movement. Mine goes one full turn, perhaps a bit more before it stops. You could try turning your crown until it stops, then back just a tiny bit. Cazalea

It was probably past it’s prime but it was primitive grapes in clay amphora jars with no intervention by winemakers — definitely unique. My favorite is the German dry Pinot but I’m still probably going to buy some of that local wine from San Guajito. BTW it took us 5 hours of drinking to decide ...

Most memor able Tasting Rose

My aunt and uncle had a home in Napa for about 50 years. My sister's brother-in-law did this collage of notable Napa figures over the last half of the 20th century Cazalea

It's just enormously bigger version of a card catalog. I have several (they seemed like a good idea at the time) The other one has fewer and larger drawers.

“My wine storage warehouse closed but then a friend of mine who is wine director at a restaurant was selling their inventory at cost. It was crazy...Krug for $100/bottle, etc. and then on the way out the door they just full on gave me a bottle of Sine qua non Next of Kyn for free ($350 retail). Craz

Since I've had some sinus issues I can't fully appreciate the bouquet of a big red. So those are aging while I work through this. I'm not much of a hard alcohol / mixed drink guy, to be honest, but I have a few single malts that are used for medicinal purposes only.