Overrated & Underrated

Silly me - Here I am sipping my 1985 Silver Oak Cabernet; fondly remembering the Reagan years with Celine Dion singing in the background.

I will now go back and open up a Bernkestler Doctor, thank LBJ for Viet Nam, get yelled at by my wife for polluting the house with Bob Dylan's voice and wonder how in the hell can a team that is ranked number 1 and has been awarded the national championship be regarded as "underrated" (could it be the "bad call" in the end zone?

Partially Jond.

Silver Oak makes great cabernet, as does Montelena, Caymus, Foreman, and Dunn. There are a few other Napa estates that also produce great cabs. As a group - the Napa estates produce the best cabs in the world and Silver Oak is one of my favorites. But for chardonnay I prefer Sonoma.

Reagan got it right. He worked with a House of Representatives controlled by the Democrats during his entire presidency as well as a Senate that was also controlled by the Democrats for a portion of his tenure. Yet, even with the house and Senate controlled by the Democrats, Reagan got two major tax bills passed (ERTA and TEFRA)and reversed a horrible economy. The third major tax bill (TRA 86) was passed when the House was controlled by the Democrats and the Senate was controlled by the Republicans. He also brought the evil empire to its knees with the long term benefit of a reduced defense budget while leaving the USA as the only true world power.

I really don't care about Celine Dion. Actually, I kind of agree with the guy as far as Marley, The Beatles, and Elton John are concerned.

Hearhere!!

Invited to a vertical of 84-87 Caymus Special Select!! - I'm there!! I live in Southern California but I do go up to Northern California frequently and, do make it back back home to New York on occasion (J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!!!) Glad to meet you on either coast.

I originally purchased a few bottles of the 85 Caymus Special Select when was first released but sold them through Christies about a year ago. I stil have some nice Bordeaux. I could bring - perhaps some Lafite or Margaux. But - my very special wines include several bottles of Penfolds Grange Hermitage. I have them back to 1975. Great Great wine.

I tried to keep my comments about Ronnie non-ideolgical. I was simply pointing out his ability to get a legislative agenda through a hostile Congress, a trait not demonstrated by either Clinton or W. Anyway wy wife is a liberal democrat. We get along great because she will reason logically, fairly and consistantly from a given set of principals and not be a hypocrite. That's all I ask.

Jond - I do get up to Sonoma now and then and may be looking for property upo there in the near furture. I'll try to check out your suggestions.

Cpdunn -

My recollection is that you can only buy Dunn on release via mail order direct from the winery only. At least it used to be that way. Therefore, you have to get on their mail order distribution list. I'm leaving for Oakland tommorow on business and then to Vegas for CES. It shouldn't be too difficult for me to pick up the Dunn contact info while I'm in Northern Calif. Expect me to e-mail you the contact info for Dunn next week when I return.