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- mrdutton - 12-23-1999
About two years ago I had dinner at Bern's in Tampa. We asked the waiter to suggest a wine and he introduced us to a nice Cabernet Sauvignon from Rutherford in Napa Valley cellared and bottled by SHOWN & SONS. The vintage was 1979 and it was quite good.
I have been led to understand that this winery is no longer in business, but was bought out by another winery. Does anyone know the name of the new winery/owners?
I sure would like to get some more wine from them.
Thanks very much!!
- Jerry D Mead - 12-24-1999
I can't recall who bought them out, but there's no guaranty that the new owners would source the same grapes and/or produce a wine that tastes even similar.
Your best bet is you make another trip to Bern's and see if you can't negotiate to purchase a few bottles from the cellar there. Bern's is noted for not marking his wines up every 15 minutes, so even with restaurant mark-up it might not be outrageous.
And P.S....1979 was a generally underrated year and one of my favorites for Napa Valley Cabernet.
- mrdutton - 01-07-2000
Well another trip to Bern's is out of the question for a while.
I would not expect the wine from that vineyard to be the same as the '79 we had. However, if a vineyard can produce a good wine one year, the possibility exists that it could produce a good wine some other year.
I just thought it might be fun to try to find out who bought out Shown and Sons so I could sample thier current product.
I certainly would greatly appreciate a reply from someone who might know who bought the winery.
Thanks [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img],
Mike Dutton
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