The Wine Knows

Well the trip didn't pan out too good. I had some wedding business I needed to take care of and some family to see. I went to a few wineries on Friday, but other than that, I just ran out of time. The wineries I went to in the Livermore AVA were not bad, but I have had better up here in NW at comparable prices. The first winery, Cedar Mountain, was very entertaining. The winemaker was there sampling some of his labor. We began to talk and he and his wine actually used to be from Richland WA. So that was neat to compare stores. They were here during the hey day, late '70s early '80s. They remember Preston breaking group and trying different varietals. I mentioned I had worked for Barnard Griffin and dropped Rob Griffin's name since they had mentioned their familiarity with Preston winery. To my astonishment, they remember Rob when he worked at Preston and that they had sampled some of his wines. We continued to enjoy ourselves over a glass of dry Pinot Noir Rosé.

On a side note, I did get to have some great wine with a grape grower (Bob Broccini) who brought out some wines from his cellar. We mainly drank Pinot Noir from Williams Selyem winery. Many of which were vineyard specific Pinots. We had a good talk comparing California and Washington.

David