GastroNaughties' Gallivant - Sipping'n Snacking California Central Coast and Las Vegas. BuzzzzOff

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СКАЧАТЬ out on some spectacular wines! Live ’n learn. As such, we rented a car and stopped at several wineries along the way until we settled in Big Sur.

      TOO MUCH WINE, NOT ENOUGH TIME: It is rumored or at least claimed by the “experts” that there are more than 10,000 different wine grapes and almost 100,000 different wines in the world. Wow, seriously!? We wake-up everyday with a view to sipping something new. Our dedication to overcoming the challenge posed by supply (too much wine) and demand (well, stretching it a bit, but not enough time) is unwavering. Join the challenge, be a hero, your countrymen and women will thank you!!!

      Big Sur was a “must” visit destination because we had heard and read great things about the place. It lived up to and exceeded our expectations, and we now can say, from experience, Big Sur rocks! More later!!!

      BUYERS’ MARKET: Turn on your computer, rev-up your search engine and do the hard yards to plan your trip. No one knows what you like better than you do. No one knows your “real” budget better than you do. Travel agents, bless their slowly dwindling incomes, often do not know anything about where you want to go and what you should do there. The Internet is a massive wealth of liberating information offering transparency and the opportunity to get exactly what you want at the best possible price. Fobbing off the work to a travel agent is so, well, ‘80s-like, ya know!

      Next, our research uncovered a metropolis called Paso Robles. Well, folks, this was a very, very happy discovery because Paso wines unleashed fond memories of the Rhone Valley where Grenache/Syrah/Mourvedre (“GSM”) were championed…and to which Paso is throwing down the gauntlet in a challenge to THE King of GSM...at more sipping-friendly prices. If you like Rhone-style wines, then watch this space because Paso is producing fantabulous expressions of GSM and other varietals!

      With a trunk and backseat full of great wines (as previously indicated, we never have more than carry-on luggage so plenty of room), we stumbled down the road to Santa Barbara to visit our friends and their baby. An exceedingly nice part of the world by any standard. Oh, yes, seeing our friends and visiting their lilliputian made it that much better .

      We finished California, and we were preparing to depart for ”Sin City" when we ran into a spot of bother. We encountered a somewhat dramatic morning experience trying to ship, regardless of price, the nearly 200 bottles of wine we had purchased during our meandering down the coast of California. UPS, DHL, FedEx and every other acronym in logistics said we required a license. Did we mention something about the United Socialist Republic of California earlier? Here ya go folks. That is a story worth reading….and sweating a bit.

      We, ultimately, managed to traverse the desert to Las Vegas - truly a horrible 4+ hours site-seeing tour of nothing. Fortunately, our suffering ensured five days and four nights of yumminess…and nary a dollar spent gambling!!!

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