geoff@druxi.UUCP (04/24/84)
I live in the Denver area, (not a bay in sight!) but I recently had a bottle of the self-same wine. It was even a 1980 vintage. I liked it. I prefer French wines on the whole, but I am beginning to apprecate the <different> taste of California wines. They seem to be heavier and have much more of a grapy taste. The Gamay tasted like a wine with some prune juice (perhaps this is the taste of 'currant' that I have read about) mixed in. I suppose it doesn't sound very appetizing described that way, but it is about as close as I can come, and it was quite good. It was fairly soft, without the heavy tannin that many California wines seem to have. I would recommend it, and I will probably buy it again. geoff sherwood