Wine and Politics...

...Apparently don't go well together. The White House decided to showcase great american wines at state dinners but then realized great american wines cost great american prices. So for instance they served the rated 100 point Cabernet by the"Wine Advocate" from Quilceda Creek to the Chinese leader the Hu Jintao and by the time they served it (I'm sure the whites got it at a good price before it was reviewed) it was going for about $400 a bottle. Since this kind of opulence is considered bad form in an election season they decided to not tell anyone which wines they are serving from now on, which of course defeats the whole purpose of "featuring" it. But that's politics. Oh and by the way if anyone out here in the internet has an open bottle of 2005 Quilceda Creek cabernet, let me know, I'd really like to taste it.