From what turned out to be a superb vintage for Zin in California. Now beginning to open out somewhat it has an incredible nose of currants, macerated plums and apricot blossom. On the palate it is intense, rich and very well balanced with lots of extract and layer after layer of brooding black fruit and [...]

It occurred on a Sat. night. You hosted a wine tasting party for a grouping of 12 chums, and everything went perfectly. Well, just about everything. It did not take you long to find out that, while you had the ideal combination of cheeses, crackers and reidel wine glasses, folks were consistently confusing their glass with someone else’s.