TN: Good Chablis and Zinfandel

Sometimes your wine matches and mine are uncanny. We were invited to our farm neighbors house for dinner last night and he asked me to bring wine. They were having a simple grilled shrimp salad to start and country style (almost a pork chop)grilled spare ribs. I brought a

Very nice sounding meals and wines, Dale. I'm heartened to hear of your impressions of the '02 LS as I've been buying my Ridge wines the last few years on faith rather than firsthand experience and hoping that they haven't shifted style too much despite the grumblings occasionally heard on the Internet. I've still waiting to open my '00s, so your note is good news for me. (And I'll avoid taking any swipes at that habit of yours of "spoiling" your BBQ with sauce ;-))

Mark Lipton

The straight Zin is a new product released this year from the 2007 vintage. It's a blend of zin from a number of appelations and vineyards. Nice stuff for about $30.