Jerry Mead

[Bucko]

Jerry was quite the character and quite an enigma. Quick-witted, sharp, a gentleman, a pervert of the finest kind [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img], and a guy who was short-tempered with government BS.

Jerry was the spearhead for the shipping rebellion. People like myself could get an FFL and have firearms shipped to them, yet could not get a case of wine shipped. This kind of stuff made Jerry crazy.

He was a friend to the wine industry. Jerry never trashed wines like some writers seem to enjoy doing, rather he set them aside and talked about the ones that earned mention. I always thought that he wa the Will Rogers of wine - never met a wine he didn't like. This was not the case. He just talked about the positives.

And of course he was famous for his A, B, and C list for e-mail. The C list for purely Walt Disney. The B list was R rated and the A list was...... well, the A list. I will not confirm that I was a charter member of the A list.

Jerry had a heart of gold and never forgot his friends, even when he was so ill that he could barely breathe. He is deeply missed.