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). I became aware of this wine in 1995 when I found it in Santa Fe, but I wanted to finally visit the winery and meet the proprietor. Turns out it was a good thing we stopped when we did, because he told us he was closing the winery at the end of the year (2007). John was a nuclear chemist at Los Alamos who got into wine making after his retirement. Since he was involved with the development of the first atomic bomb, it was only natural one of his wines should have that name. 
One thing we wanted to ask him was if he knew the father of a hiking friend, who also was a scientist at Los Alamos. He said, "Sure, we were practically neighbors." Very cool indeed!
