1/1/2024 0 Comments Overture by opus one![]() Even after so many years, I can still picture that view. As far as the eye could see were beaches, mountains, and the cities nearby. The view from the top of the tower was amazing as you have an unobstructed 360-degree view of California. A bar rounded half the room, with a fire pit in the center, which could be raised by an electronic pulley to make the area a dance floor. Once I was on the third level, the entire room was an entertainment floor. This meant I had to carry three cases of wine, two cases of soda, a half keg of beer, and 50 pounds of bagged ice up two flights of a very narrow spiral staircase without dropping anything or scratching the wood railing. The bad thing for me was that the elevator only went to the first floor. Since the tower is higher than any home in the area, you can look north and south down the beach as far as the eye can see. I parked below the tower, unloaded the van, and took the elevator up to the first floor where you enter a kitchen area that moves into a living room, and the view from the first floor is the ocean 500 yards away. Also, there is an old, very large, water tower that in the mid-80s was converted into a 3-story house. If you drive down the Pacific Coast Highway between the cities of Seal Beach and Huntington Beach, there is a small town in-between called Sunset Beach, a great little beach community that has great surf (I surf at Anderson St.) and old-school eating joints like Captain Jack’s and Harbor House Café. On this night, I had to make a delivery to the famous Water Tower home. I’ve carried that business wisdom with me ever since. We accommodated them as best we could because that is how we were trained. Their patronage was that important to the success of the business, and we obliged. If they wanted something we did not have, we would make damn sure that the next time they came in we had it available. When you were dealing with this level of shopper, they were always right. The types of customers that walked into the store were doctors, lawyers, celebrities, and the like. You must realize that the area Morry’s was located in was very upper-middle-class. This was not such a bad thing occasionally the tips from posh residents were more than I made for the whole night in wages. One evening I was on point to make all the night’s deliveries. It’s called chewing and brewing.Īt Morry’s, we also made deliveries to a discerning clientele. The enzymes in the saliva help the fermentation process. I also did my due diligence on the remarkable Bordeauxs and Rhones of France, the Shirazes of Australia, and to a discerning few the traditionally made Sakes of Japan, where the traditional method is putting rice in one’s mouth, chewing on it and then spitting it into a vat. Through all of the training and helping customers who wanted the best wines that were produced, I always headed to Northern California. This ego-deflating task would drive me to learn as much as I could, and as fast as I could, about the wines of the world. If you didn’t know anything about the varietal or region of a wine a customer needed, the policy was to find someone who did. The level of wine expertise one needed to help a customer was prudent. Through my college years, I worked for one of the most renowned California wine stores, Morry of Naples, located in Long Beach. ![]() The ownership of my first Opus One comes from a very generous person I met. Opus One has earned great acclaim over the years. Even the label represents an assembly of the two legendary families since the label shows a silhouetted profile of both Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild. The inspiration was a long-time vision of both winemaking families, and from Opus One’s first vintage in 1979, in Oakville, California, it was clear that the idea was to make a wine with an appeal that signified the best of both Bordeaux and Napa Valley. The undertaking from the beginning is one of the most famous in modern winemaking history.įounded in 1979, Opus One was a combined endeavor between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild from legendary Chateau Mouton Rothschild. It’s one of the most well-known California wineries in the world. Why I haven’t written about them before is lost on me. The winery choice for this review is a top 5 favorite of mine. Louis Roederer Cristal, Champagne, 2005.Marcassin, Three Sisters Chardonnay, 2010.Kosta Browne, One Sixteen, Chardonnay, 2009.Domaine Grand Veneur, Cateauneuf du Pape, 2009.Augusta Winery, Reserva del Patron, 2009.Kosta Browne, Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, 2009.Kosta Browne, 4-Barrel Pinot Noir, 2006.Maybach, Materium, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2005.Château Mouton Rothschild, 1993, Bordeaux.Château Mouton Rothschild, 1966, Bordeaux.
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