Larry Stein
Larry Stein
On Saturday, my wife and I met the Iversons for dinner at Namu Gaji in SF. It's a Korean-influenced Cal. cuisine restaurant. Casual, very good food with a well-thought out wine list. There's also a short reserve list. Thor takes a quick look at the list and says to me "Look at the reserve wines and tell me which one we're going to order".
It took all of a few seconds to spot '70 Ridge Zin, Occidental Vnyd for the absurd price of $125. I'm sure it would cost more in a retail shop. There was no hesitation in ordering it. We didn't care if it went with the food or not. It's one of Ridge's legendary Zins and it lived up to the billing. 43 years later, it's still in the drink now or hold category.
Another couple walked in later and happened to sit next to our table. The woman looks at our table and we figure she's looking at the food we ordered. Turns out she works at Ridge and spotted the bottle. There was one more available and they ordered it. It was as good as ours.
It took all of a few seconds to spot '70 Ridge Zin, Occidental Vnyd for the absurd price of $125. I'm sure it would cost more in a retail shop. There was no hesitation in ordering it. We didn't care if it went with the food or not. It's one of Ridge's legendary Zins and it lived up to the billing. 43 years later, it's still in the drink now or hold category.
Another couple walked in later and happened to sit next to our table. The woman looks at our table and we figure she's looking at the food we ordered. Turns out she works at Ridge and spotted the bottle. There was one more available and they ordered it. It was as good as ours.