California’s Heritage Grape – Zinfandel “Here’s to the corkscrew – a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury…

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“In water one sees one’s own face; but in wine one beholds the heart of another” ~Japanese Proverb~ Many Asian delicacies…

Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it. ~ Anonymous ~ The remarkable Cabernet Sauvignon varietal…