“If you drink a bottle of a '61 Bordeaux every five years and somebody swipes it, you're not going to be happy. You can't replace it. Wine is a very personal thing.”

--Ken Chalmers, assistant manager at local SV Valley wine shop Beltramo's, explaining why a Atherton, Ca robbery of a private house where the haul was $100,000 of premium wine,mostly Bordeaux, has locals, uh, quaking (would this be a good reason to drink up those cellars faster?)

and

"An 18-year-old girl was shot point-blank in the head and I received no calls about it.The wine theft? A gazillion. It kind of shows you where people's values lie.”

--Local police sergeant, quoted in the same story.

(Via a story in the NYTimes)

Susan sez: Anyone at Valleywag checking this story out? Yep--right here.