IF THE WINEMAKER Meritage / Blends

Wants a very delicate, grapey , he will ‘18 19 Crimes, Southeastern ...... 29 take every precaution to ‘18 Conundrum, Wagner Properties ...... 38 keep oxygen away from ‘17 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars “Hands of Time”, Napa ...... 58 it at every stage. In ancient ‘17 Stag’s Leap “The Investor”, Napa ...... 69 Rome, air was kept ‘18 “Bin 389” by Penfolds, Southern Australia ...... 96 from wine in a bottle by a layer of oil on the top. THOMAS JEFFERSON, ‘18 Château St. Jean, California ...... 29 wine connoisseur and ‘16 Rodney Strong, “Russian River Valley”, Sonoma ...... 39 would-be wine grower, ‘19 Duck Pond “Willamette Valley”, Oregon ...... 40 promoted wine as the best means of ‘18 Meiomi, Santa Barbara, Monterrey, & Sonoma ...... 41 combating ‘17 Duckhorn Migration, “Russian River”, Sonoma ...... 70 Intemperance. ‘18 Belle Glos, “Alturas”, Santa Lucia Highlands ...... 73

WHEN STORING ‘18 Belle Glos, “Dairyman”, Russian River ...... 73 Wine, the ideal ’16 Duckhorn Goldeneye, Anderson Valley ...... 84 temperature is 50oF. At this degree, white will stay cool enough for /Shiraz serving, while reds will mature slowly but ‘16 Francis Coppola “Diamond Collection”, Geyserville ...... 30 steadily. ‘17 Layer Cake Shiraz, South Australia ...... 34

‘18 “The Pundit” Syrah by Tenet Winery, Columbia Valley, OR ...... 45 RED WINES Extract all their color ‘17 Caymus Suisun Petite Syrah “Grand Durif”, Suisun Valley CA...... 65 from a period of contact ‘16 Stags’ Leap Winery Petite Syrah, Napa ...... 72 between the juice and ‘18 “Bin 389” Cabernet Shiraz by Penfolds, South Australia...... 89 skins after crushing. In general, white wines are removed quickly from their skins to avoid any coloration. ‘17 Stone Cellars, California ...... 23

‘18 Chateau St. Jean, California ...... 29 EVER WONDER what those big ‘16 Kendall Jackson “Vintners Reserve”, California ...... 38 display bottles are ‘17 Markham, Napa ...... 45 called? ‘16 Duckhorn, Napa ...... 82 Magnum: 2 btls Jeroboam: 4 btls Rehoboam: 6 btls Imperiale: 8 btls Balthazar: 16 btls Nebuchaunezar: 20btls "Wine improves with age. The older I ‘19 Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, California ...... 23 get, the better I like ‘17 Kendall Jackson “Vintners Reserve”, California ...... 35 it." -Anonymous ‘19 Ferrari-Carano, Alexander Valley ...... 42 "God in His ‘17 Hess Collection, Napa ...... 42 goodness sent the ‘18 Stags’ Leap Winery, Napa ...... 47 , to cheer both great and small, little ‘18 Hess “Allomi”, Napa ...... 54 fools will drink too ‘18 Rombauer, Carneros ...... 68 much, and great fools not at all." ‘18 Cakebread, Napa ...... 71 -Anonymous "Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the ‘20 Oyster Bay, Marlborough - New Zealand ...... 30 drink of babes, tea ‘18 DAOU, Paso Robles ...... 37 the drink of women, ‘18 Kim Crawford, Marlborough - New Zealand ...... 38 and water the drink of beasts." - John Stuart Blackie

"I have enjoyed ‘19 Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling, ...... 28 great health at a great age because Other White everyday since I can remember I have ‘21 Beringer White , California ...... 23 consumed a bottle ‘20 Anterra Pinot Grigio, Italy ...... 25 of wine except when I ‘19 Chateau Ste. Michelle Reisling, Washington ...... 28 have not felt well. Then I have consumed two bottles." Mumm, Napa ...... 39

-A Bishop of Seville NV Piper Heidsieck “Brut”, ...... 71

"To take wine into "Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!" ~ Dom Perignon, the moment he discovered your mouth is to champagne. savor a droplet of the river of human Italian history." ‘20 Anterra Pinot Grigio, Italy ...... 25 - Clifton Fadiman ‘15 Gabbiano “Chianti Classico Riserva” ...... 46 "What contemptible scoundrel stole the

cork from my lunch" - W. C. Fields

"Drinking good wine with good food ‘15 Capital de Roari “Amarone Della Valpolicella” ...... 67

Cabernet Sauvignon bottle WHY CORK ‘18 Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi, California ...... 23 for a wine plug? It’s light, clean and almost ‘16 Columbia Crest H3 “Horse Heaven Hills”, Washington . 37 impermeable. It’s ‘18 J. Lohr “Seven Oaks”, Paso Robles ...... 37 smooth, yet stays ‘18 Kendall Jackson “Vintners Reserve”, California ...... 39 firmly in position in the neck. It doesn’t expand ‘18 Rodney Strong, Sonoma ...... 40 or contract with ‘19 DAOU, Paso Robles ...... 49 changes in temperature, rarely ‘18 Justin, Paso Robles ...... 53 rots and doesn’t burn ‘16 Napa Cellars, Napa ...... 55 easily. ‘19 Robert Mondavi, Napa ...... 55 CORK IS ‘16 Raymond “Reserve”, Napa ...... 70 the outer bark of the ‘18 DAOU “Reserve”, Paso Robles ...... 65 cork tree, which grows most ‘16 Stags’ Leap Wine Cellars, Napa ...... 80 abundantly in Spain ‘15 Clos Du Val, Napa ...... 68 and Portugal. Before it ‘16 Groth, Napa ...... 99 is harvested, a cork tree must grow for 20 Napa ...... 94 ‘17 Château Montelena, years; then the bark ‘17 Faust, Napa ...... 82 can be stripped about ‘16 Jordan “Alexander Valley”, Sonoma ...... 89 once every decade.

‘16 Duckhorn, Napa ...... 99 ONCE IN POSITION, ‘18 Joseph Phelps, Napa ...... 99 a good cork will last at least 25 years and ‘16 Silver Oak, Alexander Valley ...... 99 sometimes as long as ‘19 Caymus (*One Liter), Napa ...... 120 50 years, although the best cellars will re-cork ‘16 Chimney Rock “Stags Leap District”, Napa ...... 125 their old at ‘15 Silver Oak, Napa ...... 150 25-year intervals.

Zinfandel "The soft extractive note California……...... 27 ‘18 Cline, of an aged cork being ‘15 DeLoach, “Russian River Valley”, Sonoma ...... 34 withdrawn has the true ‘17 Dry Creek, Sonoma County ...... 39 sound of a man opening his heart." - William S. Benbetter ‘19 Layer Cake, Mendoza - ...... 35 "Wine … offers a ‘19 Frances Coppola “Diamond Collection”, Geyserville ...... 37 greater range for enjoyment and . appreciation than possibly any other purely sensory thing which may be purchased."

Wines by the Glass

White Zinfandel “21 Beringer, California ...... 6 “A Bottle of wine Riesling ‘19 Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington .. 7.5 contains more Philosophy than all of Pinot Grigio Italy… ...... 6.75 ‘20 Anterra, the books in the world” Sauvignon Blanc ‘20 Oyster Bay, Marlborough- New Zealand . 7.75 -Louis Pasteur Chardonnay ‘18 Robert Mondavi "Woodbridge", California 6 “Of all things known California ...... 8.95 ‘18 Kendall Jackson, to mortals, wine is the ‘18 Ferrari-Carano, Alexander Valley ...... 10.95 most powerful and Pinot Noir ‘18 Château St. Jean, California ...... 7.95 effectual for exciting ‘18 Meomi, Santa Barbara, Monterrey, Sonoma 10.5 and inflaming the passions of mankind, Syrah-Shiraz Geyserville 7.75 ‘16 Coppola “Diamond Collection”, being common fuel to Zinfandel ‘18 Cline, California ...... 7 them all.” Merlot ‘18 Stone Cellars, California ...... 6 -Francis Bacon

5 Malbec ‘18 Coppola “Diamond Collection”, Geyserville “Boys8. should abstain Meritage/Blend ‘18 19 Crimes, Southeastern Australia ...... 7.95 from Cabernet ‘18 Robert Mondavi "Woodbridge", California al6l use of wine until ‘18 J. Lohr “Seven Oaks”, Paso Robles ..... 9.5 their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add 50 ‘18 Rodney Strong, Sonoma ...... 10. fire to fire.” ‘18 DAOU, Paso Robles ...... 12.95 -Plato Champagne NV Mumm, Napa ...... 7.5 “Most of the Port Sandeman, Ruby ...... 6 confidence which I Fonseca Bin 27, Tawny ...... 9 appear to feel, Dows 20 Year, Tawny ...... 13 especially when influenced by noon Imports botwinetle , is only a pretense.” France NV Piper Heidsieck “Brut”, France ...... 71 -Tennessee Williams Italy ‘20 Anterra Pinot Grigio, Italy ...... 25 ‘15 Gabbiano “Chianti Classico Riserva”, Italy “Maybe it’s 4 6be cause I’m getting older, I’m ‘15 Capital de Roari “Amarone Della Valpolicella”, Italy 67 finding enjoyment in Australia ‘18 19 Crimes Red Blend, Southeastern Australia 29 things that stop time. ‘17 Layer Cake Shiraz, South Australia ...... 34 Just the simple act of ‘18 Penfolds “Bin 389” Cabernet Shiraz, South Australiatasting a8 glass9 of wine is its own event. You’re New Zealand Marlborough - New Zealand 30 ‘20 Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc, not downing a glass of ‘18 Kim Crawford, Marlborough - New Zealand 38 wine in the midst of doing something else.” . -David M Reese

“Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer