Today is really a bonus, isn't it? I mean, is today an extra day? Are we living on granted time today it being Leap Day and all? I really can't figure it out. From what I understand, today—FEB 29—is added to the calender because we, as a people, choose to use poor mathematics in mapping out our calender. Today is like that little "R2" that that 1st graders use when learning division: Today accounts for the "remainder minutes" that are left over during the past 4 years.
Nevertheless and despite all that, It seem appropriate on this day to honor one of the cooler wineries in Northern California: FROG's LEAP.
There are a TON of things to like about Napa Valley's Frog's Leap besides their having the best label in the American wine industry. Among them:
1. Their wines are so well priced it's as though they never noticed that it's not 1990 any more.
2. They make an astoundingly good Rose.
3. Owner John Williams has presided over the creation of what might be the "greenest" winery in Napa Valley.
4. They are such die hard Giants fans they actually put the opening day on their events page on the web.
5. All their grapes are grown organically. I don't know if this accounts for the quality of their wines, but I do know it means they must pay much greater attention to the vineyard. That's a good thing.
In some respects Frog's Leap Winery is "old school" in that it has been around for over 25 years. So many wineries today are the toast of the town in part because they are new which means wineries like Frog's Leap don't get the attention they deserve. But today is there day. Today is Leap Day. In the wine business it really should be known as (Frog's) LEAP DAY.
Go visit their website. Buy a killer bottle of wine and celebrate this extra 24 hours you have been given by the time-keeping powers that be.
