<p>DDM-
I want to say they were '91’s. Sounds right to me. Good year. I just looked at the Silver Oak website. They say there was some “bottle-to-bottle variation” in the 91 Napa Cab. No joke! We, unfortunately, were on the wrong side of the “variation”.</p>
<p>I think the ones I have are 94-97 (woohoo!). We did open one last year and it was perfect. We also have some Leonetti from around the same time. We obviously need to find out some obscure holidays for an excuse ;)</p>
<p>Oh you lucky duck!! You have Leonetti!!! Really hard to find that here in the SE. We have provincial alcohol import rules, and the few liquor distributors like it that way :(</p>
<p>I have some Ch. Palmers that need opening. We’re coming skiing to Colo in a week or 2. Maybe we can rendezvous somewhere bet’n there and Idaho! :)</p>
<p>I got it while we still lived in WA. And, it was still very allocated and hard to get. It helped that I was a buyer ;)</p>
<p>Hey, for a shared bottle of Palmer, you could have a free room at my house if you ever need it!! What a bartering program that could be… :D</p>
<p>Absolutely :)</p>
<p>Bunch of wine snobs. Remember when Mateus, Cold Duck, and anything by Taylor was all you could afford?</p>
<p>tsdad-
Actually, I was thinking about Mateus (actually looked it up on the web to seee if it was still out there-- it linked me to Lancers). I thought if you were doing a “back to the college days” party, maybe you’d want Mateus or Sangria (in a watermelon basket, of course). But, naaaahhh. Happier to be a wine snob 
I took 2 wine appreciation classes through the student union in grad school. Offered by a wine and cheese shop called Bilbos and Gandalfs. So, one night a week, instead of working on my dissertation, I ate cheese and drank wine. Best thing I ever did.</p>
<p>PS- Taylor sold out to Coca Cola, along with Columbia pictures. Don’t recall who owns them now. Big brother.</p>
<p>tsdad-
Mateus bottles did make great candleholders, didn’t they???</p>
<p>Drdrews mom–
I used to date a wine broker (were you one too??) He represented, amongst other wines, Roederer. We used to sit around and drink cristal. Yummmmmm…</p>
<p>Don’t tell me I’m the only college student who stuck a mulit-colored candle into an old Matues bottle and let it drip down the sides.</p>
<p>I love Zinfandels. You can’t go wrong with Ravenswood, and it’s not pricey. And the Amador County zins are fabulous!</p>
<p>Kin and jym:</p>
<p>Thew real question is, did you make your own candles?</p>
<p>Were the Matues wines those really cheap ones? I hadn’t realized that so many people used them for candles! My dad liked them in college, but he bought some to try recently and said that it was disgusting!</p>
<p>Yemaya:</p>
<p>Indeed–it was a very cheap wine. I can’t remember its price , but I do remember being able to buy Taylor Burgandy for $2.89 back in 1969.</p>
<p>Was $2.89 for wine a lot in 1969??? I’m clueless when it comes to ancient history!!! ;)</p>
<p>The first thing I ever got drunk on was Cold Duck, after the senior class play in HS, in Eric G’s back yard. Oh man. Not a pleasant memory… and I never touched it again. (Good wine, though, is another story entirely.)</p>
<p>For my first wedding - yes, there have been two (yemaya, don’t listen) - we were way too sophisticated for Mateus. We served Lancers. That was 1970. They make superior candle holders, too.</p>
<p>TSdad, thing is…new horizons open up when you switch to wines with corks instead of screw-tops.</p>
<p>At the moment, though, I’m sipping some “cask strength” Macallan’s single-malt.</p>
<p>Harking back to grad school days, I can remember imbibing in mixed drinks made with Everclear!</p>
<p>OOOH!!! Mootmom and Eric G. sittin’ in a tree…</p>
<p>jmmom: How much did each cost? (Mateus and Lancers)</p>
<p>any oldies (born circa 1950) Was $2.89 a lot for wine in 1969? I don’t think my history book goes back that far… ;)</p>
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Is this an aptitude question on which my party admission hinges? If so, I will be googling the answer. If not: why is it that I can remember what a loaf of bread cost in 1959 (20 cents) or half a dozen bagels in same year (25 cents), but I have absolutely no idea what wine cost in 1969-70?</p>