Ooo... shiny!

The thing about really getting into wine, as opposed to just drinking the stuff, is that it is addictive. It's more than being able to actually read the wine list and make the snooty waiter look stupid ("you expect me to drink a Fourth Growth Bordeaux that has only been open an hour? Will you be serving that in Dixie cups or will the fine jelly glasses be used?") it's getting a passion for odd labels and small yield vintages. I've already made a note to myself that the 2008 Sonoma wine harvest started early, with smaller yields, so I'm going to be looking for a few bottles just to hold onto once they're released.

But then the damn Chronicle had to print this article. A wine maker who uses tiny terroirs reached by cutting through people's yards? A wine maker who eschews varietal names in favor of obscure in jokes? A wine maker not afraid to fail? Sign me up!

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Just reading about his methods is enough to make a wine lover shudder with either delight or horror. Or both.

My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors

Your result for The How Well-Read Are You? Test...

Quite Bookish

Your level of Well-Readliness is 89 %!

Marvelous! You are quite bookish, my friend! I would probably have no problem at all starting and maintaining good conversation with you! My guess is that you like to read and you paid attention during English class. You understand that being solidly educated when it comes to literature is imperative to being a well-rounded individual. Right on. We need more people of your level out there.

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Yet another note from the Giants Nation

DIE, BARRY ZITO, DIE!!!!!!! DIE!!!!!!!!