And you were worried about TCA.

That's 'cork taint' for chemically challenged. In this thing life and wine, one tends to sweat the small stuff. Brett or no Brett, American or French Oak, Fined or Filtered, etc..

Cohn son recovering in Florida

Here's the article:

"1.11.05 - Joseph Cohn, the 27-year-old son of Sonoma Valley winery owner Bruce Cohn, is making a strong comeback after his body was ravaged by malaria.

As a Peace Corps volunteer, he was stationed in northern Zambia. He apparently caught a deadly strain of malaria that kills more than 2 million people annually in Africa.

He became ill while on a fishing trip in Costa Rica with his father and brother. He ended up in intensive care, first in Costa Rica and then in the Cleveland Clinic in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. By Christmas he was breathing on his own and by New Year's Eve he was out of intensive care.

Although he will still need physical therapy and dialysis for another two months, plans are for him to fly back to California by Jan. 17.

Cohn grew up in the Sonoma Valley and Santa Rosa. Cards or notes for him and his family can be sent to the B.R. Cohn Winery, 15000 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen, CA 95442.

Updates on his condition are available online at www.zambiajoe.com."

While I've never been a huge fan of their wines, I wish this upon no man. There's an old saying that goes something like: 'I used to be pissed about having no shoes, until I met a man with no feet'.

Godspeed, Joe.