[Dixielandjazz] Chris Botti

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

At least one person here in the Heartland is usually choosing Australian  
Shiraz these days.  I must not be the only one as it is turning up more and  more 
when I request it in various establishments.  And shiraz goes quite  well 
with feelings of gratitude to the French, much of Europe, and yes,  Australia, 
etc. -- all those spots elsewhere that kept the love of jazz alive  while we 
short attention span Americans, including me bought Elvis  records.  And from 
where does shiraz come?  According to Winkipedia  and a travelogue book I just 
finished,
"It got its name from _Shiraz_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiraz) --the 
city of flowers, wine  and poetry in _Persia_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia) /_Iran_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran) --in the heart of an ancient  
winemaking region."
Ginny
 
In a message dated 8/10/2006 3:55:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

Ouch.  You are sure to get some arguments from the Left Coasters on the  list.
After all, with the way the French are these days, we're all  drinking
California wine, loving California women and playing California  OKOM. Some
of the best in the world. :-)  VBG

Cheers,
Steve