I am, as you well know I long time supporter of Longboard Vineyards to the extent that I lovingly abuse the local restaurant owners with question of where is your selection of Longboard Wines. Additionally I have made it a practice to bring a bottle from my own stock and share it with whoever is in the restaurant at the moment of my appearance. One such unexpected experience occurred when the owner of a local home cleaning company learned of my love affair with the sea, wine and longboard surfing. He sent me a CD of a local musician Pete Harris (now deceased) who had written a song called “Livin Long” (I will forward a copy to you). The song which speaks of a longboard lifestyle and the album which extols the virtues of appreciation for living simply, your community and its individual beauty speaks to the essence of what makes us strong as Americans. A love for family, community, and the prosperity that those qualities will bring when each and every person works to support the local economy with purchases from local business. So in addition to shopping with your economic brain engaged be mindful that sometimes paying a little more by shopping with local merchants can bring you a wealth much greater than mere savings.

As Peter Harris so serenely put it “Livin long livin right livin the longboard life”

All the Best

Bruce Duncan “Cheers” and it’s time to paddle out.

Well put. There are plenty of reasonably priced well made wines within 50 miles of most people in California.

Drash

I have always struggled to understand the CA wine model where the most expensive place to buy the wines is at the winery. I would love it if we had some sort of “villages” wine program where simple wines that go well with local foods are available to those willing to buy at the winery. Perhaps with CA’s cost of business this is just not possible.