1996 Cult CA Cab Tasting -- Are they worth the bucks?

[Innkeeper]

Bucko, your mind started going a little crazy when he started out, "Very harsh, Bucko." Have had that sort of thing happen a time or two. The business about deciding which expensive cookie to take out of the jar, was a little weak too. But from then on it got interesting. There is a considerable force in this country that drives the cost of the Screaming Eagles of the world into the ionosphere, and loved it when you "passed" on it.

The truth of all this was driven home when we spent two days on the ground in Austin this past Easter. Much of the time involved talking to wine shop owner/managers. Left there with my mind reeling. Guess this can be expected in a town where a major corporate player (that sells mail order computers) has a workforce where every last member possesses over $1 million in stock options. Some obscene behavior has to be expected.

One thing we can do here is not give our benediction on things like RRV Pinot Noirs that cost upwards of $125.00. Forget the fact that anyone who spends that much on a Pinot Noir from this side of the Atlantic needs to have his or her wealth redistributed. Methinks that if someone is comfortable with that, it should be kept within; and not posted on a public forum with over 2000 registered members from all walks.

So let's all agree to take our predilictions in a better direction.