temeculaguy: Having grown up in the SF/Bay Area, I will admit that I’m partial to the offerings from Napa and Sonoma. I am also opposed to anything that Parker recommends on both principle and taste.

The Costco in Temecula actually has a pretty good selection as well, Josh. Unfortunately, California wines are in the same position that French wines were in the 1980s: Overpriced and overvalued and about to be overtaken by more reasonably priced competitors (California in the case of the French wines; Chile, Argentina and Australia in the case of California wines).

Twinkie filling is the best, isn’t it? We might be veering off into “Mad Max” territory here a little, though. I’m not sure that the end of Western Civ as we know it is nigh. On the safe side, I have staked out a section of the canned goods aisle at Albertson’s just in case.