Hi John, I do believe there were some earlier Rubicons - I'll have to check, but I recall having a sample glass at the winery of something older, something that Coppola would break out for special guests.
As for the cost, well, I got a couple of cases when they were released ( I got a couple of cases several years in a row, in fact), and at a very good per-bottle price. A friend's company insured Frankie's winery, and as a Christmas gift we were able to buy cases at a substantial discount. I recall something along the lines of about $16.00/bottle, maybe less. The Mount Veeder LH Zin was free, having received a case of everything Michael and Arlene Bernstein made that year as a little "thank you" for having effected the sale of the winery and vineyards for them. Shel > [Original Message] > From: John Francis Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > . . . One of the wines I'll be bringing is a 1985 Rubicon from > > Francis Ford Coppola's vineyard in Napa, and the other will be a 1978 Mt. > > Veeder late Harvest Zinfandel. I'll also bring a nice Alsace Pinot Grigio. > > That should have us covered pretty well. > > I'm sure you'll enjoy those. Personally I think that you often end up > paying a premium for the Coppola name on the label; comparable bottles > from less well-known names can be found at perhaps two thirds the price. > I'd suspect that is even more likely for the 1985, which is the first > year of production for the Rubicon, and thus has some collector value. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
