And toothpaste came in lead tubes! You could scribble your name with the corner of a toothpaste tube. And, our suburban house had asbestos shingles–the builder left a pile of them in the garage, and we would chip them apart and write on the driveway with them.
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I’m seeing no reason to further age my older wines, since none of them are cabs or bourgognes. This is a 2001 Bandol that I got because I heard that mourvedres aged well. It had no flaws, no oxidation. The flavors were a little muted, though. A good age to open it.
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Another oldie, a 2001 Priorat. I belonged to a wine club back then, probably at K&L in San Francisco. It still had lively fruit, with smooth tannins, no oxidation. Grenache is so versatile.
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a versatile bottle of off-dry Alsace Gewurztraminer - 2017 Dopff au Moulin, Grand Cru Sporen. Perfect compliment for Cantonese dishes…..from Braised duck, Sauteed crab to desserts
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Sometime in the 70s, my brother borrowed a friend’s huge old Rolls and drove the family up from Sausalito to a picnic at Chateau Montelena. We had the most wonderful time. 
On the island??? They stopped letting people visit the island decades ago.
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We were the only ones there. I remember looking out at the island and pagoda but can’t remember if we had our picnic there. I think my brother and/or his friend who was a big media person had some special connection with 'Montelena.
I checked with the only other remaining person from that day, and we did indeed have our picnic in the pagoda.
That’s a unique and spectacular setting. And visits are rare now.
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Served alongside halibut baked with lemon, green olives and capers, and roasted potatoes and kabocha squash.
