Am watching Prince sing "Beautiful Ones" on some chat show ... and I am full of awesome Japanese cuisine and a superb peanut dessert ... (diet took a rest this evening!).
So today was a quite unique & memorable one as we spent most of it at arguably the greatest winery in the USA .... Opus One. We drove 90-minutes from Cavallo Point Lodge to Oakville ...
Waiting for us was Michael Silacci - Winemaker at OO.
The idea of a joint venture was born in 1970 when Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild met in Hawaii, but the concept did not materialise until 1978 when Mondavi paid a visit to Château Mouton Rothschild.
The winery is independent ... produces only 300,000 bottles a year ... of just red wine. And it would be fair to say that the wine is quite pricey!
Michael was an informative interview ... and also gave us a wine-tasting in the Barrique cellar ... where there are nearly 1000 barrels of 2010 ... which will be released in 3 years ...
We tasted 2005, 2001, 2007, 2008 (released on October 1st this year ) and I am one of just FIVE people in the WORLD who have tasted the 2009 which is released on October 1st 2012!!!! How cool is that ...
Oh - is the wine as good as the reviews? NO ... it IS better!
