LOl that sounds so funny to me since I am in the New World, but after all you are in the Old. When I first started drinking wine, I was a snob, and only drank the Pinots in my area. Boy was I dumb! Now I consider myself a nerd, and want to try all the wines, made in all countries, because every where does it good, if they do it right of course.

But just like all the famous wine regions, California does have many, many great wines! CHEERS!