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Wines for the August
Tasting / Book Review
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Cambria Winery CLONE 2A
Elegance and sophistication define this wine. Each vintage, the Clone 2A Pinot Noir
stands out with its pretty red fruit flavors and velvety, silky texture.
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Foxen Vineyards
Bien Nacido Vineyard-Block 8
A notably ripe and seductively spicy nose that offers hints of Pinot Noir liqueur merges
into rich and equally ripe big-bodied flavors that are utterly delicious.
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Sanford Winery
Santa Rita Hills
The wine is deep violet red in color and is bursting with black cherry and plum,
pepper and sage on the nose. The palate delivers dusty berry flavors framed nicely
by bright acidity and supple tannins.
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Tasting & Book Review Etiquette
How We'll Run Our Show
Tasting wine is an art and allows you to experience
much more than just sweetness and tartness. Most
people drink wine and make a snap judgment as to whether
or not they like it. When you ask what
characteristics they liked or didn't like, most people
cannot share this information with you. They just know
they like it or not.
Tasting wine in a conscious and planned manner will help
you gather the most information out of the wine.
You'll learn about the characteristics about the wine, how
it pairs with different food types, and what makes these
wines good or bad. The goal of this and all tastings
is to help you better detail why you enjoyed or hated a wine
you taste with WCWC or anywhere else, in a non-snobish way.
Tasting the Wines
Three glasses will be placed in front of you, labeled
A, B, C (or 1, 2, 3). The wines will be brown bagged and
a tasting volume poured into each of your glasses.
Under guidance, you'll be asked to:
- Look at the color of the wine and judge its
clarity.
- Stick your nose into the glass to check the
bouquet (smell).
- Sip once, sip twice, tell us what you taste.
- Pair the wines with various tapas samplings.
- Learn a little bit about the wines after they
are unveiled.
Discussing the Book
The book under discussion is the central point where
we pull our wine and food choices from. The wine and
food either come from the book or are related to the
location or topic of the book. While we are
tasting the wine and food we will discuss some
preselected topics that the book explores to pull more
from it.
The book discussion is also not intended to be stuffy or
snobby, so let's have fun with it and learn about the book
and each other.
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