This was one of those days where I felt more like Andy Warhol than Doug Wilder... Which rock star is going to drop by and create a sensation today? As I'm writing this, I have contemplated which walls to carpet in shag and where to hang the disco ball. A moment of indulgence... please.
Autumn pulls Napa Valley to her breast in an embrace that I for one don't ever want to end. Harvest makes me whole in a way that is so primal that it takes my breath away sometimes. Maybe it is my October birthday that centers me so. Or perhaps it is the added excitement, on days like today when my calendar reads
Celia Masyczek - Corra tasting (debut and barrels), followed by
Abe Schoener - Scholium Project Autumn releases
When confronted with a chance to taste a pair of my favorite winemakers back to back, the 14 minute drive from an idyllic afternoon with the riveting wine of Celia Masyczek in Yountville stretched like an elastic tube until Abe Schoener walked into "The Factory" AKA Vinfolio-Napa and I was enveloped by the fugue notes of Scholium Project; The wines move around so much they are about as easy to put your finger on as a tomato seed after two margaritas. I was instantly rebounded into the silent, contemplative introspection required to fully inspect and come to terms with Scholium. There is a new label - I told Abe I would expect to see in a Berlin or Krakow gallery. I think you will love the new package. Abe poured me a pair of wines from Farina Vineyard, yes the source of La Severita di Bruto and Cena Trimalchionis (coincidentally appearing in this Friday's issue 128 of The Wilder Side of California)
Keep an eye out for the reviews appearing at Vinfolio soon.
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