Sad to say, there are a growing number of unscrupulous online wine pricing stunts. One goes like this. A sought after wine, like Clark-Claudon, is listed online at a discounted price. The retailer never actually had it, but the customer takes the bait, contacts the retailer and is told, “That wine is sold out, but I have another that might [...]
Prompted by the film Bottle Shock, there is a lot of talk these days about the famous Paris tasting in 1976. It was then that everyone realized that Napa Valley could compete on a wine world stage. In 1998 a similar tasting was repeated in San Francisco with some new additions, including the 1995 Clark-Claudon Cabernet.
The tasting was organized by Gordon Getty in [...]
Sun peeking over the horizon, walking up the steep hill, sky amazingly blue, air crisp and cool, sorting beautiful purple fruit, sweet sticky fingers…ahhh, harvest has begun…
