Thanks to whoever revived this thread, I never read some of it. Love Casca’s, the cheese quotes were great, I had to look up “erudite bon vivant” but now I want to make it my license plate if I can figure out how to abbreviate it.

Josh/barnaby is much better at this than I, I usually write down his posts for future shopping trips. I did go to wine x in oc because of josh and sdrealtor and it took me two months to recover from my credit card bill, my pockets are safer in a casino filled with strippers than they are in that place, I went nuts, filled the car.

Josh’s best quote, his best concept is about how there is a level you reach when the wine is the meal’s centerpiece. It’s fun to get to that stage.

I did try the layer cake that arraya mentioned, I liked it, thanks. I also agree with josh’s call on Ruffino chianti. I’m not ready for Burgundy yet, I’ll save tht phase, I’m still in napa cab hell. Clos du Val (not to be confused with clos du bois) and Joe Phelps are still where my $30-$40 price point love lies.