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Ok -- I am going to take a risk and guess before opening the package but now it is 9am.
Ramwines -- Rochioli Pinot.
2014 J. Rochioli Pinot Noir Little Hill
Ramwines, are you my secret Santa?
Edit -- ok, I have confirmed the bottle. Wow. What a generous gift -- and such a nice note. My 3 year old daughter is excited about the card!
Ron, Merry Christmas to you and your family. It was my pleasure to send you a taste of what many consider to be the Grand Cru of California Burgundies.
There is no rush to drink this Pinot. Joe and Tom Rochioli make their single vineyard Pinots to last. I'm sure it is wonderful now and it will continue to be for many years.
Also I will congratulate you for setting a new record of hunting down your Santa. But I'm not surprised as my investigation indicated that my cellar was the only one in the Secret Santa program containing Rochioli Pinots. I tried to throw you off my track with lots of disinformation, but to no avail. BTW, the Oakland return address on the box is my son-in-law who, you may know by now, is also in the law profession. I did think that my Crypto cipher was a nice bit of confusion, although probably too easy to figure out. Next time it will be all Japanese Kanji.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a very Joyful New Year to all of you
Richard & Sally
Dear Richard and Sally,
Thank you so so much. I am really excited to try this wine. I go hot and cold with Pinot, and generally do not like CA pinots -- but as you noted in your note, I do like Ceritas. And I have heard great things about Rochioli's single vineyards, but never thought I would get to try one. Now of course the challenge is when. Perhaps over the holidays we will cook some nice steaks and then open it up. Or maybe wait a few years.
As far as guessing you, I am afraid I did not look at your cellar. I did figure out the sender's address was a lawyer. And I also saw that he went to UPS -- which is where the law school where I teach started. I did spend some time cyber stalking him but could not ascertain if he was part of this community or not.
Then that book came (which I assume you sent). That really threw me for a loop! I flipped through it looking for writing or other clues, but nothing. I said to my wife that I really did not want to read it (she laughed and said I could read it in a half hour -- which I have still not done!)
So then I looked on the package again -- and noted that while you had nicely hidden the return address, the post office did indicate the zip code from which the package was sent -- Ohio! At that point you were a strong suspect. So then I went back and looked at your hints. Lots of fun ones -- the RED was one of my favorite (once I figured out Russian River).
Then your cipher. The only reason I figured it out as when I was young I liked playing with ciphers. So I could figure out which letter was I. But it took me a while to figure out the pattern. And I must say last night, after a few glasses of wine, counting up and down the alphabet for a while was a bit confusing! But once I got a few letters I was able to guess the rest (and then confirm).
All of this is to say that you picked a great gift for us; you made the hunt fun but not burdensome or annoying; and I now have the first book in what will be a world class collection of American Girls novels. Though I must say I am shocked, shocked, that you did not send a first edition. I would have thought you would have been more generous! :-)
Seriously, many many thanks. Have a very Merry Christmas. I hope our paths cross some day so we can share a bottle or two in person!
Ron, Jen, and Charlie.
Thanks for the nice note Ron, glad you enjoyed your search. I thought for sure that my cellar would give it away. I never considered the postmark. I thought I was being smart using my son-in-law's address. And his undergraduate work in Seattle was another little bit of unintended confusion. I did have Mark primed just in case you decided to give him a call. He would have accused you of being some sort of sick robo caller attempting to sell some cheap wine.
One last thing that you don't have correct... That book was not from me. I can certainly understand why you would suspect me, but sorry, you must have another admirer.
Good luck with your continuing search.
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Richard in Canton, OH and La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit, Mexico. Formally from Reno, NV.
The only problem with living in Mexico, my wine cellar is in Ohio.
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Not easy to find in my part of the country and from an area I need to explore! thank you thank you! 
I was kind of excited to see where you keep my wine as I used to have a locker at the same place. Hope you enjoy my friend, I tried to cover all the bases 
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