It has been 20 years since I last did serious wine purchasing. Things seem to have changed a great deal. There are charging perfectly ridiculous prices for California wines. Sauternes have been discovered and are overpriced. Sweet is in.
German wines are out.
It's all very sad. I have developed a low taste for Benedictine. It's really nice 3 to 1 with lime juice. John Herz introduced me to it. Sherry is good.