Hello again everybody.  This past week has flown by.  Our Beer and Wine Riot was probably our best attended ever.  That is saying a lot because they are always busy.  The place was a madhouse.  Because of this, I did not have much opportunity to sample anything - after all, we are doing this for our customers, not me.

I was exhausted by the time I got home.  Fortunately, dinner was waiting - NOT!!!  For some reason, nobody ordered anything until I got home.  I was not happy.  I brought home a bottle of the Mettler Cabernet that we sampled.  This is a very nice $23 or so bottle of wine.  In fact, I thought it could even get better in a year or two as it softens.  Now the great part.  My friend had opened a bottle of 2005 Altamurra Cabernet - which was fantastic.  Great fruit, perfect tannins.  I thoroughly enjoyed it now, and you could lay this down for a decade or more.  It sells for $77 a bottle, so it is not inexpensive, but it was wonderful.

Talk to you next week.

Adam