September 2015 - Pinot Noir from Sonoma

We had a great tasting this month. All of the wines were enjoyable, but it was interesting how different the wines were even though it was the same grape from the same region. At one point someone said, "What happened? Did we wander into someone's else's tasting?"

#1 - Siduri, 2013, RRV, $35

#2 - Gundla h Bundschu, 2012, $35

#3 - Lioco, 2010, $40

#4 - Sonoma-Loeb, 2013, $25

#4 - The Forager, 2013, $25

#5. - Clos du Bois, 2013, $17

#6 - Decoy, 2013, $29

#7 - Belle Glos, 2013, RRV, $45

August 2015 - Zinfandel

#1 (C) St Francis, Sonoma, 2011,  $30, 16 points

#2 (G) Ridge, Three Valleys, Sonoma, 2012, $22, 14 points

#3 (D) Layer Cake, Puglia, Italy, 2011, $15, 9 points

#4 tie (A) Four Vines, Paso Robles, 2011, $16, 8 points

# 4 tie (F) Terra d'oro, Amador, 2012, 8 points

#5 (B) Four Vines, Amador, 2012, $15, 5 points

#6 tie (E) La Fiera, Italy, 2012, $8.5, 3 points

#6 tie (I) Rosenbaum, Rockpile, 2010, $34, 3 points

#7 (H) Foxglove, Paso Robles, 2012, $15, 0 points (corked)

July 2015 - Mosel Rieslings

IThis month's wine tasting was enjoyed rooftop on a beautiful evening with a lovely view of downtown and the sunset. 

One of our winners received both the most votes and the least and had 2 placings in the middle. Yes, we had 4 bottles of the same wine. It is just listed once in the results below.

Dr. Pauly Bergweiler, 2012 - 1st (tie), 5th (twice), last (no votes)

Relax, non-vintage - 1st (tie)

Bernkasteler Badstube, 2011 - 2nd (tie)

Escher Haus, 2103 - 2nd (tie)

Max Ferd. Richter, 2012 - 3rd

Leonard Kreusch, 2013 - 3rd

Von Schlenzt, 2009, 4th

Grunhauser, 6th

June 2015 - Sauvignon Blancs from the Southern Hemisphere

We had a very nice selection of wines this month. Not surprisingly, many of the wines came from New Zealand (7), but there were also wines from Chile (2), Australia (1), and the winner was a surprise from South Africa.  All wines had at least one vote. There really wasn't a bad wine in the bunch.

#1 Bayten, South Africa, 2013

#2 13 Celsius, New Zealand, 2013

#3 White Haven, New Zealand, 2014

#4 Nobilo, New Zealand, 2014

#5 Nobilo, New Zealand, 2014

#6 Tie, Allan Scott, New Zealand, 2011

#6 Tie, TE'A ROA, New Zealand, 2013

#6 Tie, Broken Fishplate, Australia,

#7 Tie, Vermont, Chile, 2014

#7 Tie, Los Vascos, Chile, 2014

#7 Tie Saint Clair, New Zealand, 2014

May 2015 - Italian Reds, Not Chianti

We had another great wine tasting this month. It was a small group, but fantastic wines. Even though a couple of wines didn't get any votes, it was not for lack of quality. I don't think we had any bad ones in the bunch. It was just too hard to pick the top 3. I do believe we are getting better at selecting wines which makes the voting more challenging, but more fun and delicious! Now on to the results...

#1 Poggio al Tufo, Rompicollo, 2011, $18 (12 points)

#2 Cesari, Mara, Valpolicella Ripasso, 2010 $2? (11 points)

#3 Villa Baglio, Barolo, $2008, $30 (7 points)

#4 Valle Reale, Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, 2013, $12 (6 points, tie)

#4 Masi, Bonacosta, Valpolicella, 2009, $? (6 points)

Arpa, Brunello Di Montalcion, 2007, $? (0 points, but still delicious)

L'Artista, Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, 2013, $? (0 points, but still another yummy wine)

April 2015 - Dry European Rose

We had a small group this month, but tasted some lovely Roses. Once again the winning wine was purchased at Mass Ave Wine Shop.

#1 Domaine Des Cassagnoles, 2014, $14 (11 points)

#2 Liquid Geography, 2013, $12 (10 points)

#3 Les Domaniers, 2013, $22 (tie - 7 points)

#3 Sancerre, 2013, $22 (tie - 7 points)

#4 Chateau Grande Cassagne, $14 (1 point)

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