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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: Re: Sebastiani Prop. Reserve Cabernet Sa - (nf)
Message-ID: <154@zinfandel.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 19:28:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 17 19:28:45 1984
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Well, my wife and I spent last Saturday in Sonoma, where among
others we visited Sebastiani.  (Ah, I love the Bay area, only an hour
to my favorite wineries.  I guess I can't mention anything about job
oppurtunities here, can I?)  They had a very nice 'Rosa Gewurtztraminer' --
Rose Gewurtz.  They make it "to celebrate the GW's beautifil pink blush"
Ack!  Good wine though.

The best place we visited was Gundlach-Bundschuh.  Apparently one of CA's older
wineries, they are the only vineyard to grow (and winery to produce) 
Klienberger, a nice german varietal that reminded us of Gewurtz. while being
softer and less spicy.

Their good one was the '82 Late Harvest Zin.  Harvested late because of a severe
shortage of fermenting vats caused by the bunper crop in '82, these grapes came
in at about 24.8 degrees brix!  They fermented it almost dry to 0.6% residual
sugar, and came up with a wonderful full bodied, smooth red wine.  Give it a try
if you can find it.  If you can't find it locally, send me your resume.....


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Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
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