WINE TIPS BY JOHN CLEESE

In an earlier post I mentioned John Cleese's wine program, Wine for the Confused. I got a chance to watch the program the other day. I enjoyed it very much. John Cleese was in a jolly good mood and he invited his friends to test wines in different ways:

• Describe the wines with a few words.
• Blind taste, deciding if it was red or white wine.
• Putting a price tag, $5 - 200.

He went to different vineyards and tested wine from six different grapes:

1. Riesling
2. Sauvignon Blanc
3. Chardonnay
4. Pinot Noir
5. Merlot
6. Cabernet Sauvignon

Have you been to the following places in California?

• Lucky's in Montecito.
• Los Olivos Grocery in Santa Ynez.
• Byron Winery in Santa Maria.
• Gainey Vineyard in Santa Ynez.
• Vogelzang Vineyard in Santa Ynez.
• Foxen Vineyard in Santa Maria.

To end this post with a twist, read a story on how a small Scottish hotel and the holy grape saved John Cleese's life.