1996 C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) Rioja Viña Real Gran Reserva - Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja (5/12/2017)

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Jay Miller

Jay Miller
Mistake to open now. I remember enjoying the 1988 and 1991 very much 10+ years ago so I thought it was time to try a 1996. Showing a lot of American oak and some dense fruit. My understanding was always that CVNE had gone more modern only as of the 2001 vintage but maybe they bought some new barrels that year? Anyway, don't touch for at least 5 if not 20 years.
 
It was automation, I know
That was what was making the factory go
It was IBM, it was Univac
It was all those gears going
Clickity clack, dear.

I thought automation was keen
Till you were replaced by a ten-ton machine
It was a computer that tore us apart, dear
Automation broke my heart.

There's an RCA 5-0-3
Standing next to me, dear, where you used to be
Doesn't have your smile, doesn't have your shape,
Just a bunch of punch cards and light bulbs and tape, dear.

You're a girl geek who's soft, warm and sweet
But you're only human and that's obsolete
Though I'm very fond of that new 5-0-3, dear
Automation's not for me.

It was automation, I'm told
That's why I got fired and I'm out in the cold
How could I have known when the 5-0-3
Started in to blink it was winking at me, dear?

I thought it was just some mishap
When it sidled over and sat on my lap
But when it said "l love you " and gave me a hug, dear
That's when I pulled out... its plug.
 
Reminds me when I started out in the '60s on an IBM 1620 with card input and card output. Then graduated to a Honeywell (model?) and Univac 1100 and then IBM 360s and 370s.

. . . . Pete
 
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