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Article: SANTA YNEZ VALLEY Going on a 'Sideways' tour in Santa Barbara wine country
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 20, 2005
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LOS OLIVOS, Calif. -- Staring at the lush green Santa Ynez Valley
lined with rows of vines, I move my hand in a circular motion, the
stem of the glass between my fingers, the wine swishing around. I
tilt the glass back as my eager palate awaits the oncoming rush of
flavors.
The wine makes its way past my lips and down my throat with no
pungency to be found. There's a hint of pear, a tinge of tangerine,
even an accent of vanilla but alas nothing that resembles a nutty
Edam cheese.
There's nothing better than doing research for a story.
Maybe I don't have the refined senses of Miles, the lovable but
aloof oenophile who pontificates about Pinot Noir in the Oscar-
nominated "Sideways," but I ...