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No SkeeBall or Bonny Doon?...

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In Reply to: RE: Re: Santa Cruz wine tasting posted by mkuller on October 16, 2016 at 18:04:32

I have fond memories of Santa Cruz (which was visited en route to our beachside honeymoon shack @ Pismo Beach) and which was later visited upon a couple reenactments of the same.

PS:

The TJ's Zin you rec'd was very good.

Gave a few bottles away before I opened/tasted one, so down to a few now.

Looking into an inexpensive Argentine Malbec to fill the gap, but probably won't be able to check it out until next week.

My only previous exposure to Malbec, as a main grape, had been with wines form Cahors in the 1980's, so am looking forward to trying a tamer version/style.

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RE: No SkeeBall or Bonny Doon?... - mkuller 20:46:39 10/20/16 (1)
...we've had a weekend vacation place in Santa Cruz for over 30 years.

I don't know Skeeball.

We visited Bonny Doon in the late 1980s up on Bonny Doon Road when Randall Graham was still there and their wines were more distinctive.

Their tasting room moved to Swift St. (where the others were we stopped at) with a restaurant. A few years ago I tasted there and was disappointed at all of the unusual wines. After a few years it folded.

Now the Bonny Doon tasting room is on Hiway 1 in Davenport but I have not been by.

Glad you liked the TJ zin recommendation.
- SkeeBall is a bowling game @ the arcade (if it's still there)... - DeKay 17:19:36 10/26/16 (0)
  Don't recall it from growing up in Iowa, but per my wife it was popular on the East Coast when she was growing up.
  
  I prefer more tactile games of skill, like darts and table soccer, instead of video games and even pinball, so SkeeBall filled the bill.
  
  We visited BD in 1994/1995, to pick up a pack of virgin BD labels they had put together for us, but don't remember where it was located (thinking it was an old two story house, but not certain).

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