Show 10 The red wine and KendaltJacksoo in white wines The 1996 Kendall-Jackso- n Chardonnay Vintner’s Reserve rates a miserable 81 However Rosemount and Beringer have consistently produced good to excellent wines for the last five years and probably longer: If you can’t remember vintages then remetober a few dependable wineries Past wine choices still stand July Friday to mind are Edmund St Johns in Test of'time 1998 t doesn’t scan possible that 1 have been writing this wine column for five yean Looking back to July 1993 two of my tint recommendation! were the 1991 Roremount Shiraz Black Diamond Label at $893 and the 1990 Beringer Chardon-na- y at $1393 Over the yean die two wineiiea have been consistently good in these two wines regardless of the vintage year I should be so clever in the stock are Rosemount wines available for $795 The 1997 GrcnachcShiraz is a Beaujolais-Hk- e wine for easy summer drink1997 ShirazCabemet is The ing heavier but still a very fiuity wine The 1997 ThuntnerRies-Bn- g citrus flais a floral off-dr-y vored wine and the 1997 also has the citrus flavor and crisp finish The four wines are all mixtures of two varietals which makes for a different taste in both red and white market The readen of the Wine Specwine tator in June rated Beringer as the Finally there are two higher and of Chardonnay producer priced Rosemount wines availtop the 1996 Rosemount Shiraz is at able I purchased the 1995 Rosethe top of everyone's list of the mount Shiraz Show Reserve at best value in red wine Since $1880 The wine won several 1993 the prices have risen about gold medals in international com$2 The Rosemount was underpetitions but it isn't better than valued and the Beringer price was the Black Diamond label in my about average for a good opinion The wine will probably last for a few years since I detect Chardonnay Rosemount is a huge Australian winery located in some residual tannins New South Wales while Beringer The 1996 Beringer chardon-nay- s is in California's Napa Valley are again highly rated The The Logan Liquor Store is car1996 Beringer Chardonnay Napa rying a good selection of Rose-mou-nt Valley al $1495 is rated 90 by wines all rating in the the Wine Spectator The 1996 high 80s The 1997 Rosemount Beringer Chardonnay Napa ValShiraz Black Diamond Label at ley Private Reserve at $3130 has $1093 is again an excellent wine been given a top rating of 95 The While not quite the quality of the 1996 vintage was excellent and 1996 vintage it still has that speLogan Liquor has a good variety cial smoothness that is a Rose-mouHere are a few of the good values: the 1996 Meridian Chardon-na- y speciality The 1996 vin-tais still available in the 1300 Edna Valley Coastal at ml size for $2093 Following $1495 rated 92 the 1996 The nt ge CACHE WINE5 L William Moore My favorite red wine at a reasonable price remains the Marietta Old Vine Red Lot No 20 at $990 mis wine Is loaded with wonderM berry flavors and good body Prize Coles is the author of two volumes of poems: The One Right Touch and A History of toe Gar den The reading is free but entrance to the park costs $7 per car For more information call Delores Badgley at (801) 337-34or Guy Lebeda at (801) 77 236-755- 3 mL 1997 Rosemount : ' ? '' ! £ GranachaSNraz at 8795 1997 Rosemount vO-1998hbuzfCabemstat$795 j Rosemount TnambvC srresslng al S7JS f 1997 Rosemount Sami Estanda California Cabernet Sauvignon at $1395 as a straightforward simple fruity cabernet 1 tend to like the red Mends syrahs and zinfandels in preference to the merlots and cabernet sauvi-gnoThe many labels available in the store tell me that there are still many fans for these latter varietals My favorite red wine at a reasonable price remains die Marietta Old Vine Red Lot No 20 at $990 This wine is loaded with wonderful berry flavors and good body I have seen many wineries have streaks of producing excellent wines and then for a reason unknown to the wine consumer the quality decreases and never returns IVro wineries that come ns to be the classic reference wine with a good balance of flavors in oak vanilla butter and fruit The 1994EstandaMerlotat $1495 is recommended by The Wine Advocate Robert Parker liked the berry- - and coffee-infuse- d finish Unfortunately the local store now has die 1995 vintage of unknown quality Although I am not a merlot drinker the wine appears to be better than the raft of merlots available Also recommended is the 1995 A ' torWChsidonnoy at I7J5 1996 Beringar Chardonnay - i NspaVs9syat$14J5 1996 Beringer Chaidonnay i k Napa Valey Private Reserve at L 1830 1 996 v - Maridtan Chardonnay Erkin Valsy Coastal at $1495 1909 The Haas CoHsc6on- — rs ninwuai UWnjDiray $1790 W(i VM)f v' 1996 Landmark Choidon-Osstlnnk 1 !' nav Ttimnmm - - Purti - S ' 1995 EStanda Crifcmia y-Cabernet Sauvignon al $1195 Marietta Old Vine Red Lot Kx 20 at $9jo Translating the tech jargon re Hollanderas aswinner of the Academy of American Poets $2085 for 1500 AMILYTttEE poetry series f f - Hess Collection Chardonnay Napa Valley at $1790 rated 90 and the 1996 Landmark Chardonnay Sonoma County Overlook at $1995 rated 92 1 consider the Antelope Island hosts SYRACUSE — Award-winnin- g poets Joel Long Lisa Bick-moand Kathrine Coles will share their works as part of Poetry in the Parks at 7:30 pm Saturday at Buffalo Point at Antelope Island State Park This is the first in a series of readings sponsored by the Utah Arts Council and the Utah State Parks and Recreation Long is the author of the collection of poems Winged Insects which won the White Pine Press Poetry Price for 1998 Bkkmore is author of the poet-- ( ry collection Haste from Signa ture Press Ha poems have won the Utah Original Writing Competition and were chosen by John 1997 Roeiiimount Shhaz ' Hack Diamond Label at $1085 1998 Roeemount Shlmz at you’re out there on the World Wide searching for your roots but you confused by all those acronyms and jargon Here's a waggish quiz to help you sort out some of the strange terms you may encounter 1 Someone tells you he has URL Don't be shocked What he means is he has: (a) user registered license for his dog (b) universal resource locator (address for Iris home page) (c) universal receiver logic So 2 If you download a file that is in ZIP format what do you do with it? (a) decompress it with PKUNZIP or WINZIP95 applications (b) don't open it — it's a joke (c) forward it to your friends — let them figure it out 3 Your cousin sends you a file he says contains information about your mutual line of Johnsons The file is called Johnsonged and it looks like gibberish in your word processor What should you do? (a) import it into your desktop publisher (b) import it into your genealogy application (c) toss it into your virtual trash can 4 A friend sends an attached file via and tells you to listen to k It is called “&ogswav" — what does the “wav’ stand for? 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