By Sunny Brown

March 24, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this

I know that few people will read this comment, as it is on a blog that is at the end of it’s run on the uncorked homepage, but I want everyone out there to know exactly how serious this arson is. The 1st impression is to throw up your hands in mock pain and say “All that wine I could have drank!” But I think the bigger picture here is lost. Scores of wineries held their wine in this warehouse. The entire stock of dozens of producers is gone forever. Back vintages, special bottlings, and in some cases actual businesses and dreams went up in flames that day. I personally know of three different wineries whose wines were not insured for a deliberate act such as arson. Many will recover, as their next vintage is finally ready to sell. Some have not and have closed up shop. That guy didn’t just burn wine when he set the fire to cover his theft, he burned hope and sweat and dreams. I for one hope that his punishment is equal to the magnitude of his crime though I know that it never can be.

By Dennis

March 20, 2007 8:09 AM | Link to this

He should be sentenced to live in Utah (see previous blog article) and only allowed only to drink “2 Buck Chuck” want-a-be’s.