NEWCOMERS WINE TASTING GROUP

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2007 WINE TASTING

26 October 2007

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 MERLOT/SHIRAZ SCHEDULE & RESULTS

HOSTS (22) + GUESTS (70) = TOTAL ATTENDING (92)

# HOSTS DATE GUESTS
1 WELCH Sep 11 BROOKS (2), JENKS (2), RATHMELL (1), SLACK (2)
2 TEXTOR Sep 15 BELDEN (1), BUSHNELL (2), NILES (2), SKOVIRA (2)
3 O'CALLAGHAN Sep 17 HALE (2), WHITSITT-MASSEY (2)
4 SCHMOLL Sep 21  GORLIN (2), JACKSON (2), PERKINS (2)
5 HALSETH Sep 24 CAMPBELL (2), DUNLAP (1), McKENNA (2)
6 VOSBURGH Sep 29 BENTON (2), GRASSE (2), KOVACH (2), SHRACK (2)
7 LERA Oct 4 BOLLER (2), PLANTE (2), RAFFERTY (2)
8 BROACH Oct 6 EMORY (2), PATRICK (2), WHITE (2)
9 ADKINS Oct 9 BOLDURIAN (2), GORSKY (2), KVACH (2), ROLLENHAGEN (2)
10 MILLER Oct 11 JONES (2), MILLS (2), RICKS (2), WHITTLE (1)
11 UNDERCOFFER Oct 14 COMBS (2), de LAAT (2), GUESTS (2)

 

MERLOT/SHIRAZ TASTING RESULTS*

  LABEL Yr Co #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7  #8  #9 #10 #11 Points Rank Price
A McWilliams Merlot 05 As 23 19 11 10 13 38 28 n/a 17 28 22 209 1 10.39
B Wolf Blass Merlot 04 As 38 44 27 38 28 43 28 n/a 30 37 15 328 6 10.99
C Rosemount Shiraz 05 As 33 31 22 24 33 35 25 n/a 23 20 23 269 2 8.99
D Greg Norman Shiraz 05 As 28 34 24 34 25 26 22 n/a 40 36 24 293 4 12.99
E Black Swan Shiraz/Merlot -- As 30 33 22 29 22 33 29 n/a 36 30 18 282 3 6.19
F Luna de Luna Shiraz/Merlot -- It 35 29 20 34 26 38 36 n/a 43 42 24 327 5 8.99

* USING THE SCORING SYSTEM WHERE "1" IS BEST AND "6" IS POOR

The "Co" column is  "As" = Australia and "It" = Italy **n/a = data not available

EMAIL GEORGE GRASSE

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