Recently drank two excellent red wines…and neither are from France?!?! Yes.

2000 Stag’s Leap Petite Syrah

I believe 2000 was a shitty year in Cali, unlike 97 or 01. There is nothing petite about this baby (ha ha ha):

it is black as pitch

mouthfilling and rich

2000 Best’s Great Western Bin 0 Shiraz

Tha Best Western…damn. Talk about a fruit bomb; it just explodes with sweet, rich, red fruit. This is what makes people nutty about Shiraz.