Of course you remember several years ago when RG PN was the "talk of the town", and many of us purchased and consumed vast quantities at $5-6 per bottle. The price went up and I didn't purchase any more. Just purchased a few bottles in South Carolina for $7.99 and discovered it is a product of France, bottled in California. My memory fades, but wasn't the original RG PN produced in California? Or not. Dick R.
Dick, It was indeed originally from CA, produced by Hahn in Monterey County. However, years ago they were sold to Constellation (the mammoth corporation that owns many of the more familiar winery names) and are now a clearinghouse for wines purchased in other countries. This practice is not as bad as it might sound, being a time-honored tradition in much of Europe (though more localized than the global scope of RG). Dale and I had a discussion of this in a thread I started about Pepperwood Grove, which is a similar operation run by the Sebastiani boys.
Mark Lipton
Close - Hahn is rooster; Huhn is generic chicken and Henne is hen.
Dave wrote on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:13:40 +0100:
??>> That's pretty much the way I recall it. The "Rooster" name ??>> was a play on the parent winery "Hahn" which AFAIK is ??>> chicken in German.
You could have some fun with names like that, not just South Africa puns like "Goats May Roam". There isn't a German wine called Hummer is there (lobster, not gas hog!)?
James Silverton Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
James wrote to Dave Devine on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:10:57 GMT:
??>>> That's pretty much the way I recall it. The "Rooster" ??>>> name was a play on the parent winery "Hahn" which AFAIK ??>>> is chicken in German.
JS> You could have some fun with names like that, not just JS> South Africa puns like "Goats May Roam". There isn't a JS> German wine called Hummer is there (lobster, not gas hog!)?
Before someone else jumps on me : "Goats Do Roam"!
James Silverton Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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