Brother Jim is in Pleasanton on a business trip so he stopped by the house to take a look at the new digs and to meet the dogs. We had some leftover Chinese food in the refrigerator so we let him eat that for dinner, and served him some Cakebread Russian River Chardonnay and some port from Cedar Mountain winery. We also gave him a bottle of Noah Merlot that we picked up at Retzlaff Estates Winery to take home. I told him he had to share it with Joe and Laura, and John and Diana, but they’ll probably never even find out about it.
Jim did mention this article, so I guess I’m wrong about how some wines are better than others.





