(Businessweek) - If I wanted to get drunk fast, I need not knock back jiggers of whiskey. A couple of glasses of high-alcohol California pinot noirs do the job quite nicely. But that’s no reason to share the enthusiasm of my fellow American wine writers for the high-octane pinots from some of Napa and Sonoma’s cult wines packing more than 15 percent alcohol. They award these wines high ratings, using terms like “blockbuster,” “fleshy,” “muscular,” and “hedonistic.” While those great buzz words when you’re talking about Hollywood Roman gladiator movies, they aren’t qualities I seek in a good pinot noir.