> > it took two weeks.
> > On to the next, as the saying goes.  
> 
> Yeah - the northern California fires, including one
> that got to within a mile or so of my uncle's house,
> continue to cause trouble in wine and garlic countries.

I'm smelling smoked garlic. Smoked wine wouldn't be quite as good.

> > Who knows, these days.  Put some green beans up in wine 
> > country and you might just get some smoky burnt beans
> 
> It's actually a different kind of smoky taste, perhaps
> equally unsettling.

Sounds.... odd. 
 
> They did try to make wine to salvage some of those
> grapes a couple years ago. The results did not meet
> with universal approval; many claimed that there was no
> discernible taint, but some, myself included, thought
> that the wines got kind of weird.

Bottle and serve at Star Trek conventions as Romulan Wine?  
 
> > > Worth a farthing orzo.
> > Nyuk, nyuk, gnocchi.
> > Had to noodle around a bit to come up with that one....
> 
> Had to look at the pastabilities.

I was a little alfredo that.