Jennifer and I were walking through an un-named grocery store the other day when I spotted a 1.5Litre bottle of Woodbridge Cabernet Sauvignon and immediately flashed back to our early days together...what some call the "salad days," but what we called the "pasta days"...when we'd pick up one of these mass-produced marvels of viticulture to last us over several days. Because it was part of the massive Robert Mondavi corporation we called it "a big bottle of Bob." It was sturdy, it was red, and for the most part it was varietally correct.
While standing around the tasting bar I hear a lot of people talk about their first experiences with wine, the changes in their palates, and the new wine discoveries they've made. I know that my palate has changed, not because there's something wrong with "a big bottle of Bob," but because I'm always eager to try new wines, and I've come to realize that just because something is popular, that doesn't mean it's always the best.
So, I raise a glass to toast the path of wine discovery that Jennifer and I have been on for close to 20 years, all because of "a big bottle of Bob."
David
david@anytimewines.com
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Just to add on my own comment to the "big bottle of Bob," I'd like to say that to commemorate our 15th wedding anniversary, I gave David a bottle of 1990 Opus One. 1990 was the year we got married, and Opus One is a joint project of Robert Mondavi and Bordeaux's Rothschild family. So that was our new version of the big bottle of Bob. And when we opened it last year, it was at its absolute peak...what a treat, and what a showing of our own evolution.
Jennifer
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