How would you like to improve the quality of any wine you buy? Let me tell you a story...

 

When I became the Sommelier at Porter's Steakhouse, there were some value-priced "coastal" Cabs laying around in the wine cellar. ("Coastal" is a term signaling that the wine is a low-end label made from grapes harvested somewhere along the coast of California...or somewhere in the neighborhood.) Anyway, these Cabs, and a few Merlots, were from six to eight-year old vintages. Apparently they'd been on a previous edition of the wine list and removed. As with the "Island of Misfit Toys" in the Christmas story of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, these "coastals" had been banished to the "Island of Misfit Wines", only to be acknowledged during monthly inventory with a passing glance.  Read More>>

By Durham Caldwell

 

1. In what 1942 movie did Bing Crosby sing Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”?

2. What male actor shared the lead with Bing in the movie?

3. Bing also sang the Berlin tune in the1954 movie, “White Christmas.” Who were the other leading players? Get two out of the four.

4. Who played Kris Kringle in the 1947 movie classic, “Miracle on 34th Street”?

5. Who was James Stewart’s leading lady in the venerable Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life”?

6. Who made the 1960 hit record, “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney”?

  

Quiz Answers

1. “Holiday Inn.”

2. Fred Astaire.

3. Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, and Dean Jagger. 

4. Edmund Gwenn.

5. Donna Reed.

6. Ella Fitzgerald.