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Blind Tasting is the Only Way to Rate Wine Fairly
December 8, 2019

Blind Tasting is the Only Way to Rate Wine Fairly BY SEAN P. SULLIVAN in WineMag.com [...]

Blind Tasting (Pinot Noir) winner!
December 3, 2019

Our last Pinot Noir Blind Tasting of year concluded with a surprise winner. We lined [...]

100 Point Winemaker’s 290 case producer wins BLIND TASTING against the big ones!
January 14, 2019

In one of our last tasting group meetings we blind tasted Domestic Rhone Varietal and [...]

Blind Tasting (95 Point Rated) Chardonnay Winner
July 27, 2017

We don’t do a lot of (enough) blind tastings, especially Chardonnays.  So I am excited [...]

“Brilliant” 95 Point Blind Tasting Surprise = FREE SHIPPING
May 27, 2017

In a recent blind tasting of 2013 Chardonnays a very smaller producer ran away with [...]

BLIND TASTING PINOT WINNER!
February 17, 2017

In a recent blind tasting of 2014 Pinot Noirs, Attune beat out some big boys [...]

Blind Tasting Winning GSM
June 17, 2016

  In a recent “Rhone Varietal” blind tasting my tasting group awarded Alta Colina with a solid [...]

Blind Tasting 93 Point ZIN-o-Rama
May 28, 2016

  My tasting group doesn’t often conduct Zinfandel tastings, so we were due for one. [...]

Tiny producer wins blind tasting
November 16, 2015

Our Tasting Group lined up an amazing lineup of hard-to-find Grenaches: Carlisle (Rossi) 93 WS [...]

4 Barrel, Blind Tasting Winner
August 29, 2015

Our tasting group rarely tackles Cabernet Franc, so I was very excited to review one [...]

Surprise Blind Tasting Winner
June 19, 2015

In a recent blind Syrah tasting the Melville “Estate” surprised many. The lineup included: Beckman Clone #1 [...]

4 Barrel Chardonnay blind tasting winner
May 13, 2015

In our latest Chardonnay challenge, we had some “big guns” battling it out.  The lineup [...]

Bubbly Blind Tasting Winner
April 10, 2015

We had never done a blind Champagne tasting before, and to “celebrate” my return from surgery, my group [...]

Screaming Eagle Winemaker’s Merlot wins blind tasting
March 27, 2015

In a recent blind tasting of top-flight Merlots, a small 300 case production winery stunned [...]

California producer (97 Points) beats 49 out of 50 Top Malbecs
January 30, 2015

In a blind tasting of Malbecs from Argentina, Chile, France and California, our localSaracina winery came [...]

Blind Tasting Pinot Winner!
January 14, 2015

Our first blind tasting of the year had to start on a mellow note, so [...]

Pinot Noir Blind Tasting Champ!
September 26, 2014

In a recent blind tasting of stunning 2012 Pinots Dragonette Fiddlestix blew away a pack of well-regarded [...]

245 case Syrah stuns big boys in blind tasting!
September 3, 2014

The blind tasting lineup included: Failla “Estate” (92 WA) Favia “Quarzo” (95 WS) Alban “Lorraine” [...]

83 case production “Rosella” Pinot Noir wins blind tasting
August 25, 2014

It was Pinot Days at Frank’s house, and we pulled out some big guns. The [...]

83 case production “Rosella” Pinot Noir wins blind tasting
August 25, 2014

It was Pinot Days at Frank’s house, and we pulled out some big guns. The [...]

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