What happens when a wine falls from grace? You get a good bottle for $10

The wines you mention are excellent, in good years even perhaps great. However, in my experience, and to my palate, those wines do not define what California Cabernet, at its very highest level, is capable of. For me, the '41's and '70's I mentioned represent the absolute epitome of California Cabernet. While the styles differ, and my preference between them has changed over the years, at their peak (say around 1960-65, but holding through about 1975) the 1941 BV Latour and 1941 Inglenook Cask represent a magic marraige, wines so great that they are absolutely unforgetable. No California Cabs I have drunk have been nearly so complete or complex wines. The definitive standard for 'Rutherford Dust'. Still distinctive fruit in the aroma as late as 1985! The only direct comparison for me in terms of equally superlative wines are the '28 and '29 Lafites and Latours that seemed still fresh and alive (though clearly complex and matured) in the 1960's. The '70 Heitz Martha's Vineyard and '70 BV Latour came very close to the '41s up through the late '80s, but have not aged as well past 20. My last few bottles of '70 BV Latour will have to be drunk soon.

To follow up on your comment, sodium chloride (NaCl), is the chemical name for the mineral halite, but is better known as table salt. If you add this chemical to any wine, you end up with salty wine.

Potassium chloride (KCl), mineral name sylvite, is sometimes used as a salt substitute. If you use this chemical in wine, you also end up with salty wine.

I believe the "sulfite" additives are responsible for the headaches ... at least I tell myself that after consuming the better part of a bottle.

When the wine tastes good, it can be pretty good.

"Actually," said Allan Sherman, "she'd have been better off with a box of cheap 'quaffing wine' like White Zinfandel, what with all that leftover bread to consider."

Although the 1972 Summit Series produced eight extraordinary games and was a huge success, it did little to resolve the dispute between the CAHA (Canadian Amateur Hockey Association) and the IIHF. Canada had withdrawn from international hockey in 1970, and after the Summit Series, it remained inactive until 1977. There was to be one more exception, one that was part of the breakthrough in tension about the use of amateur and professional players in international events.

The Happy Hollisters” presents the idyllic white-picket-fence family characteristic of the 1950s. Devoted fans of such memorable shows as “Leave it to Beaver” will enjoy taking a trip down memory lane with this book. The nostalgic blue, black, and white illustrations enhance the classic feel of the story. If noticeably lacking in exciting plot structure, “The Happy Hollisters” nevertheless evokes fond reminiscences of halcyon days gone by for older readers, while a younger audience can enjoy a happy resolution to the story while learning about life during their parents’ and grandparents’ generations.

After helping James with his campaign for class president, Marlene begins to disagree with his political philosophy, and decides she should run against him instead. James looks forward to his upcoming 16th birthday and hopes to get a car as a gift. His uncle decides to give him a night with a call-girl instead. Shunning that situation, James falls in love with a Swedish foreign exchange student and loses his virginity.

On one hand, the story of the Cowsills is a typical fame to wreckage story. The documentary reveals that they grossed an estimated $20 million in 1970s dollars during their three-year run of hit records and 200-plus live performances per year. And all that money disappeared, with no one knowing exactly where it went. Older brother Bob remembers that it took him ten years to reconcile with the IRS, paying taxes and penalties on income and gains he never saw.

Anybody ever hear the Christmas Eve show by Oedipus?

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