Wine news ping.
Actually, a REAL tragedy for yours truly would have been if this happenned to Louis Martini, Stag's Leap, or Joseph Phelps. Coho puts out some good stuff and I'm pulling for them to get through this.
I may be an agnostic, but wine and olive oil make me believe that their is a God.
I've always wondered: How do California Freepers view their wine industry?
Wine that has been heated is junk, and the growers had better make sure that the surviving bottles are destroyed or their future sales of new vintages will be tarnished.
Now there's a government job I'd do.
"Oh the humanity!"
But see where De Villipean (sp?) was at the time.
"The fire is being regarded as suspicious partly because the building appeared to be fire-resistant, a dense, concrete structure once used to repair submarines. "
Thank God that their was no submarine in there.
Blaze engulfs wine warehouse on Mare Island (Update in #15) ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501604/posts
Post#15
In Mare Island's heyday during World War II, Building 627 was the most secure facility at the former shipyard because it housed secret military plans, Vallejo historian Lou Burgelin said.
In 1945, parts of the atom bomb were stored inside the building before they were shipped by the U.S.S. Indianapolis into the Pacific Theater and moved onto the B-29 "Enola Gay" for the Hiroshima bombing, he said.
Lightning?
Prices will go up as supply shrinks for a while.
A very sad day.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/16/BAGORF966D1.DTL
Embezzlement suspect eyed.