tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post5032591858855173749..comments2023-06-21T04:23:48.342-07:00Comments on The Instant Fossil Factory: A Great Weekend in the Napa ValleyThe Old Fossilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-69643820596372323272013-08-09T20:45:52.982-07:002013-08-09T20:45:52.982-07:00@GrannymarThe Rhine House is one of those true bea...@Grannymar<br><br>The Rhine House is one of those true beauties that stands close scrutiny, too! It has texture and gorgeous lines and is surrounded by grounds that do it justice. Those top wineries usually have beautiful settings, for the Valley lends itself to that and they have a very large amount of money at their disposal!The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-41898581304877940212013-08-09T20:43:57.840-07:002013-08-09T20:43:57.840-07:00@RummuserI had a colonoscopy yesterday which went ...@Rummuser<br><br>I had a colonoscopy yesterday which went just fine and results were perfect. However, during the prep, I envied me from last weekend, too!!The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-57028413528952099532013-08-09T20:42:49.667-07:002013-08-09T20:42:49.667-07:00@Ursula$750 for a bottle is a bit out of our leagu...@Ursula<br><br>$750 for a bottle is a bit out of our league, but $50 very occasionally for a really nice bottle is more like it. But, like they say in the commercials, "Talking with your hands? Priceless!"The Old Fossilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309164084032722383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-42822711405205131612013-08-05T08:40:06.611-07:002013-08-05T08:40:06.611-07:00Beringer's Rhine House looks full of character...Beringer's Rhine House looks full of character with plenty of space to spread out and enjoy a family gathering. We Irish are good at that sort of thing. <br /><br />I remember one such gathering on this August bank holiday weekend back in 1963. The venue was our house - the food was good and we had a large garden where the long legged of three generations could stretch and wander! The original idea was one day, but they were coming for a week and going for a week! <br /><br />We did not have Cabernet Sauvignon @ $750 per bottle, but one uncle brought a contribution - poitin that he had distilled at home in the heart of London!Grannymarhttp://grannymar.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-56984569786118529092013-08-05T05:36:33.174-07:002013-08-05T05:36:33.174-07:00I envy you.I envy you.Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4574370384536640867.post-47118498846013817652013-08-04T21:21:53.074-07:002013-08-04T21:21:53.074-07:00750 Dollars for a bottle of wine? Great. I now hav...750 Dollars for a bottle of wine? Great. I now have two options: One, to calculate how much that is per sip, per mouthful, per drop. Two, contemplating whether I shouldn't marry an oil sheikh, or anyone else with money to burn, after all. <br /><br />One of these days I'll get round to contemplating how the price of anything is worked out.<br /><br />Sounds a great weekend. And I share your sentiment - not least because I live so very far away from everybody. Your cousin (hair and facial features) reminds me of a great-aunt of mine, a portrait painter, now dead. So you never know, Old Foss, we may be related. Don't faint. <br /><br />Glad to see that Italians and I are not the only ones talking with their hands.<br /><br />UUrsulahttp://bitchontheblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com