1997 Flora Springs Trilogy

[newsguy]

I should make it clear: My sole wine contribution that night was the Trilogy. The host and his wife invited me and my GF over for dinner, and he was itching to open the two zins. I said all I could offer was the Trilogy (I literally have only one other bottle of wine right now) and I offered to do all the cooking since he was opening some really nice wine. Well, I put together a pretty damn good menu, including the best rib recipe I've ever tasted, and brought the Trilogy. He opened the two zins as planned -- and the three bonus bottles, all Sin Qua Nons. As a mere newspaper journalist, SQNs are way out of my league. But as I've always found to be the case among wine lovers, people are always willing to share with their friends. I just try to reciprocate any way that I can, whether it be with wine or my culinary contributions.