Allan Colby, originally from upstate New York, has been involved with Chateau Garage since our ’98 vintage. He is also our chief resident Francophile… or more accurately, semi-resident, since he and his wife have a second home in southwest France, where they spend half the year.

His tastes in wine are wide-ranging (i.e., he’ll drink anything), but he’s most attracted to wines that well balanced. Most California wine is greatly over-priced, he claims, especially when compared to Cahors and the other local vintages he drinks in France for the equivalent of $6 or $7 a bottle.