Visiting Fellow Beserker Larry Schaffer at Tercero

After visiting Steve Clifton at Palmina Wines we drove to Los Olivos to meet with fellow Wine Beserker Larry Schaffer, winemaker at Tercero. We remember when we went to Los Olivos, pre-Sideways, it was a sleepy little town with a great restaurant called Los Olivos Cafe. We had previously arranged a meeting with Larry for 1 p.m., when we arrived at his wine shop, Maeapple greeted us and said that Larry should arrived shortly, and he did. We did a wine tasting with Larry, who makes Rhone variety wines. We began with a wine called the Outlier, followed by a Grenache Blanc, Verbiage,and Viognier. One thing that got my attention was when Larry mentioned that he foot stomps his grapes. Cool. Larry mentioned that the night

before, he was showcasing his wines in Newport Beach at a place called "A", the former Arches Restaurant. All the while, people were coming in to taste Larry's wines and we could see Maeapple deftly handling all the tasting duties. We purchased a bottle of the Outlier and Viognier to share with my husband's sister and brother-in-law in Los Angeles.