Merlot's Trip to the Central Valley

Greetings Voignier (pronounced: Vee-O-Nay) and devoted readers;

We have been preoccupied with travel recently, and therefore unable to generate new studies each day. But we are now ready to reflect on our tour of certain parts of California at the behest of several wine producers who called upon us for our insight into the growth and development of boxed blends in North America. The region we toured is commonly referred to as Central Valley, where leading wine labels squeeze our an extraordinary amount of the god's nectar. This is not to say that we necessarily met with executives from the houses of Gallo or Mondovi, or in the event that such contact took place that we would disclose the details of any such meeting.

Nevertheless, our tour took us from Woodbridge, to Modesto down the San Joaquin River from Lodi to Stockton and Madera were the owners are in the process of requesting federal recognition of their lands as vital to the nation's wine production. Part of our task was to meet with federal officials, who shall remain unnamed, for a discussion about the national security implications with respect to this 50 mile strip of land where much of North America's wine supply is grown and produced. Obviously, we are not at liberty to discuss our conclusions about whether our wine supply is in danger, or what might be the best way to protect it. Suffice to say, our time at University of California at Davis was well spent, as leading figures brainstormed about the future of America's boxed wine supply.

Consequently, this study of wine safety and security has a somewhat limited informational value, if you will; but suffice to say, we believe North America's wine supply is infinitely more safe and sound as the result of or efforts in California.