Wine

On the recommendation of the captain of the Shadow, I watched a film tonight called Bottle Shock. It stars Bill Pullman and Alan Rickman (one of my favorite actors) and is about...wine! There was a very famous blind wine tasting "competition" in 1976 organized by a Brit, living in France. He pitted American wines from Napa against French wines. It was a great movie and I highly recommend it.

While watching, I decided to open the bottle I bought this morning and have some cheese, crackers and wine. Hell, I'm in France - that sounds like a very French thing to do. Anyway, just as I learned last time I was here, California wines are superior. Maybe I am biased, but this wine just doesn't have much going on. California reds and generally big and bold, the French wines I've tried are pretty weak. Sounds like the wines kind of reflect the cultures that produce them....