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Subject: [Leica] Re: wine (WAS: Travels with M6: Fort Ross Heritage Day)
From: Nathan Wajsman <n.wajsman@chello.nl>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 06:27:23 +0200
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Jerry,

I specifically referred to wines from Chile and Australia as beeing a better value than
California, so I am not sure why you are calling me a Eurosnob. I have no experience
with catpiss or horsepiss--I will take your word for it.

Cheers,
Nathan

Jerry Lehrer wrote:

> Nat
>
> Eurosnobs can disagree all they want.  Feel free! You probably would
> like the wine produced on/ in Long Island, NY (catpiss). Or the Concord
> grape wine produced in upstate NY (horsepiss).:-)
>
> Jerry
>
> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
> > Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> >
> > > Further up the coast is the Russian River, Guerneville etc.,
> > > which leads to the finest wine country in the world.
> >
> > Please....Having visited many vineyards in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the US
> > and Canada (yes, Canada!) I strongly disagree with this statement.
> >
> > Actually, one of my favorite whites is made in the Russian River valley. I forgot
> > the name, but I used to buy it from one of my local wine pushers when I lived in
> > Brussels; he got an allocation of 2-3 cases a year and reserved 4-6 bottles for
> > me. But at around $20 a bottle, it was definitely not a good value.
> >
> > Otherwise, I have found most California wines to be overpriced relative to what
> > you get from Chile or Australia.
> >
> > Nathan
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> >
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