Amazingly, Joe DiMaggio ended 1941, in the winter after his streak, by enlisting in the army during World War Two. Granted he did not see any combat time, rather he mostly played baseball with other servicemen, but he did not return to the Yankees for another four years. To put that in its proper perspective, could you imagine Derek Jeter or A-Rod or Kobe, leaving professional sports to serve in the armed forces during war time?
Me, well, the only troops I’ll been entertaining as 2008 ends is the kids to play minature golf (thank you Southern California) before ringing in the new year on East coast time and being in bed by 10, or as I like to call it, my usual evening.
I did however find time to sneak in one more wine in the race for 57, a 2006 Tempranillo Barrica called, Albero. This wine comes from Latitude Wines, the importer also responsible for the Slow Paseo brand that began the streak a few months ago.
This wine has great color and a solid nose of black cherries. There’s not much fruit but the structure is good. And after about an hour it opened up very nicely, adding some more black fruit to the mix.
This is a solid effort at $5.99 to end the year with.
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And if I can offer up any last thoughts as we head into 2009 it’s that there are no wars to send anyone to, baseball superstar or otherwise, by the time my own streak ends…
Happy New Year!
