Alex Chaihorsky > wrote:
>
>In short - the difference is in scale. I also have to tell you that I am
>pretty sure that lot of California wine sold at 7/11s and gas stations are
>forgeries. I have pretty good nose for wines and things that I used to buy
>that way were no CA wine - it was cheap "vin de table" from Chile. I can
>smell that old machines Andes rust stench from half a mile.

Just because it was fermented in California doesn't mean it was grown in
California. A few years ago it was not unusual to see 55 gallon drums of
Argentinian grape guice behind out local (Virginia) winery. These days
with the huge glut, though, I think all that stuff probably is made in
California. Right now you can't give juice away... California is probably
exporting to Argentina, even.

>On the other hand I bought a beautiful, completely undistinguishable from an
>original men's Cartier watch in China for $20. The problem - I do not like
>square watches... Wanna exchange your Rolex for my Cartier? ))))))))))

With a quartz movement, no doubt.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."