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I spent Saturday with friends in Sonoma, visiting three great wineries. Cline Cellars was one of these wineries, where my party arrived at 5:45. We knew we’d have a short 15 minutes or so to taste. Typically, tasting rooms are gracious enough to let you finish a tasting menu, even if it’s close to closing time, especially once you’ve started. I’m telling you, that the staff at Cline were clock watching the moment we walked in the door, announcing to everyone, at about 8 minutes to six o’clock that state law says that they cannot pour wine after 6:00. Really? I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt on this statement, but must say that one of my friend said it best. We’d never been bum-rushed out of a tasting room at quitting time quite like we were at Cline. My friend works at a tasting room, to lend a little creedence here.

By the way, most of Cline’s tasting menu were wines under $20, so they met our price point criteria. I was able to taste two wines before the bum-rush commenced. The whole incident left me with one word–forgettable.

~r