Fast Cars And Fine Wine

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See Also
California Cabernet '02
Red Star Rising
Whiplash In the Loire
Success in the Cellar
Collector In the Kitchen
Brothers in Vines
An American in Bordeaux
Oil, Water and Wine
A Tale of Two Cities, Texas Style
Alain Ducasse
Alphabetical Guide to California Cabernet Sauvignon

When NASCAR champ Jeff Gordon leaves the racetrack, he heads for wine country

Bruce Schoenfeld
Issue: November 15, 2005

The most successful driver on the NASCAR circuit answers the door of his Charlotte, N.C., condominium in a gray knit shirt and black slacks, not cowboy boots and jeans. His living room is filled with the punk-pop jangle of Yellowcard's "Ocean Avenue"—more Southern Californian than Southern.