2006 WineBoard Excursion Ideas

[Bucko]

If my creaky old joints allow, we need to get back down to Kaliforyah. I am friends with a number of winemakers there who are small -- to include Swan and Carol Shelton, as well as some larger ones like Acacia and Geyser Peak. I'm friends with Dick Peterson, who could arrange a meeting with his daughter, Heidi Barrett, for some of you cultsters.

I have lots of winery contacts who owe me a favor or two -- name a few places you'd really like to visit and I can tell you if I can be of any help in setting up a personalized tour.

I do this so much for writing purposes that it has become work for me. I don't get the same thrill as I once did, BUT it is still nice to meet old friends and taste their latest efforts. It has been too long since I've been to the Napa/Sonoma region.