Well Mom, I'm going to a wine tasting this evening. We're going to taste wines from Oregon, Idaho, Washington, British Columbia, and even Utah. But not from California, because California wines aren't what they used to be.

I've got one of the last bottles of a red from Missouri called "Hunter's Red". Sweetish, but excellent. Nauvoo is making wines again, and have been making some nice drys, but they still have a way to go. Michigan, of course, is still doing very well; so is upstate New York. Ohio and Indiana, even Kentucky, are producing some pretty fair products. Too bad about California wines, though.