"Ed Rasimus" in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com :
Greetings, Ed. That part I'd argue with you. Basically it's just a multi-vintage wine -- as practiced commonly around the world when it seemed to give a better product. I've bought creditable California "Port" wines blended as described. Sparkling wines blend across vintages often; some US table wines such as the Lazy Creek Pinot Noir ("Red Table Wine") of Anderson Valley (discussed periodically here), a two-vintage PN in a partly old-world style and thought by many people to be excellent value (though for how much longer I don't know: grapes there have shot up in price).
That part I won't argue.
Cheers -- Max