Head Hunters..........

[misterjive]

As a member of that most contemptible class (waitstaff), I have heard the magic words, "Yeah, got any thunderbird?," (accompanied by loud guffawing) too many times to count.

On a slightly more relevant note, I sold a bottle of 1995 Gallo of Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon to a table last night with the promise that it was good stuff for the $20 spent in a restaurant. The table consisted of a few genial older couples, and they had already shown their wine mettle by ordering, at my suggestion, a Dry Creek Valley "Fume" Blanc. Now they were looking for a good red, and I guessed they wouldn't spend much more than $30. The somewhat overpriced Gallo of Sonoma, then, was presented ironically, with an appeal to value.

The taste I had reminded me how much I like the heady bouquet and thick jammy fruit of this extremely inexpensive wine. Boysenberries. A bit of plum.

I will continue to recommend this wine. Have not had the G. of S. Merlot, which is REALLY
cheap at my (oxymoronic) neighborhood chain supermarket.

If God had wanted Chardonnay to be ever-oaky, HE would not have invented Silvio Jermann. We used to sell his Vintage Tunina at the restaurant, and it was sublime....