The Well Squozen Grape
Meeting on 1st Thursday of the month at 8:00 PM, rotating home venues
Themes:
May ’07, C&L.................Syrah/Shiraz
June ’07, D&J................Malbec
July ’07, Zoe.................Zinfandel
August ’07, M&A.............Merlot
September ’07, T&P......**Bordeaux
October ‘07, M&J............Pinot Noir
November ‘07, C&L.........Cabernet Sauvignon
February '08, Zoe............Tempranillo
~Favorites Night: Each couple brings a bottle of their favorite varietal to taste through: i.e.. Pinot Noir, Merlot, Syrah, Zinfandel, Cabernet.
~Wine tasting basics and palate primer evening. Taste all kinds of food and spices that are common descriptors of wine flavors and aromas. This will be a fun and strange evening (think Skittles, red currant jam, soy sauce, popcorn, wood chips and leather)
~Chianti
~Grenache
~Mouvedre
~Petit Sirah
~Carmenere
~Sauvignon Blanc
~Cabernet Franc
**Burgundy
**Chateauneuf du Pape
**Cotes du Rhone
~Bordeaux style blends
~Wines from a specific region or winery
**Special Splurge Nights: Everyone kicks in $20.00 each instead of $10 leaving us $240.00 for a wine budget.
~$10 per person per month, $20 per couple.
~The host purchases the wine (normally a $120 budget with 12 members) and is then reimbursed from each member (present or not so the host knows their budget when shopping).
~One bottle of each wine will provide enough for all tasters.
~Four to six wines for comparison and rating is about the right number.
~Each member or couple brings a simple hors d’oeuvres.
~Piper Sr. is our recorder/secretary.
~White table cloth or white paper to view wine color.
~Be fair to the wines, decant at least an hour before the meeting.
~Bottle covers to taste blind (hide the corks also).
~Spit bucket or sink available.
~Score the wines, tally each taster’s score and then rank all the wines.
Meeting on 1st Thursday of the month at 8:00 PM, rotating home venues
Themes:
May ’07, C&L.................Syrah/Shiraz
June ’07, D&J................Malbec
July ’07, Zoe.................Zinfandel
August ’07, M&A.............Merlot
September ’07, T&P......**Bordeaux
October ‘07, M&J............Pinot Noir
November ‘07, C&L.........Cabernet Sauvignon
February '08, Zoe............Tempranillo
~Favorites Night: Each couple brings a bottle of their favorite varietal to taste through: i.e.. Pinot Noir, Merlot, Syrah, Zinfandel, Cabernet.
~Wine tasting basics and palate primer evening. Taste all kinds of food and spices that are common descriptors of wine flavors and aromas. This will be a fun and strange evening (think Skittles, red currant jam, soy sauce, popcorn, wood chips and leather)
~Chianti
~Grenache
~Mouvedre
~Petit Sirah
~Carmenere
~Sauvignon Blanc
~Cabernet Franc
**Burgundy
**Chateauneuf du Pape
**Cotes du Rhone
~Bordeaux style blends
~Wines from a specific region or winery
**Special Splurge Nights: Everyone kicks in $20.00 each instead of $10 leaving us $240.00 for a wine budget.
~$10 per person per month, $20 per couple.
~The host purchases the wine (normally a $120 budget with 12 members) and is then reimbursed from each member (present or not so the host knows their budget when shopping).
~One bottle of each wine will provide enough for all tasters.
~Four to six wines for comparison and rating is about the right number.
~Each member or couple brings a simple hors d’oeuvres.
~Piper Sr. is our recorder/secretary.
~White table cloth or white paper to view wine color.
~Be fair to the wines, decant at least an hour before the meeting.
~Bottle covers to taste blind (hide the corks also).
~Spit bucket or sink available.
~Score the wines, tally each taster’s score and then rank all the wines.
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