SIDEWAYS "If anyone orders f**king Merlot, I'm leaving." I just watched that movie the other night. Clearly not the greatest movie ever made, but it had a special impact after my recent adventures along the Central Coast. Solvang, Buelton, Santa Barbara, Paso Robles. What about Cambria though? You must visit Cambria.

More importantly: Is the movie fueling the recent popularity spike in Pinot Noir? Come on, people, Pinot Noir?

Oh yeah, I went to a wine tasting the other night in CDM. All Spanish wine and tapas. I think you can tell a lot about a woman by her taste in food and wine. For starters, it's good to actually have taste.