Wine Club 2 - Pinot Noirs - May 2009

2005 Pessagno--Spring Grove Vineyards / 14.7% alcohol / San Benito County, Salinas, Cal
2006 Tolosa--Tolosa Winery / 13.8% alcohol / San Luis Obispo, Cal
2007 Poppy--Poppy Winery / 13.5% alcohol / King City, Cal
2005 Bourgogne Cuv'ee Margot---Oliver LeFlaive Vineyard / 13.0% alcohol / Burgundy, France
2007 Big Fire--R. Stewart & Co Vineyards / 13.55% alcohol / McMinnville, Oregon
2007 Vin Dillon (777) Vin Dillon Wines / 12.6% alcohol / Willamette Valley, Eugene, Oregon

Larger Bottles - We could not find an expensive bottle of Pinot Noir so we went with 2 moderately priced bottles.

We tasted the 2006 bottle of the Pessago 14.7% ($18.00) and then the 2005 bottle 14.4% which cost $25.00 and found that there was a considerable difference in the two years. the 2005 which cost more was much better!

2005 Pessagno--Spring Grove Vineyards / 14.4% alcohol / San Benito County, Salinas, Cal
2006 Roco---Dundee Wine Co., Rollin Soles Winemaker /14.5% alcohol / Willamette Valley, Dunpee, Oregon ($40.00)

Wine Club 1 - Best of Napa - May 2009

Aviemore 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon

Buehler Vineyards 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon

Sterling Vineyards 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon

Monticello Jefferson Cuvee 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon

Merryvale Starmont 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon

Dominican Oaks 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon

Napa Cellars 2005 Zinfandel

Frances Coppola Diamond Collection 2007 Black Label Claret (1910 Type)

Cakebread Cellars 2007 Sauvignon Blanc

Franciscan 2007 Chardonnay

Frog’s Leap 2006 Chardonnay

Big Bottle:
Behrens & Hitchock 2000 Oakville Merlot

Wine Club 1 - Favorite Wines - April 2009

2006 Borsao Crianza - Grenache,50%, Tempranillo, 25%, Cab sauvigon, 25% Spainish

Opolo Mountain Zin, 2006 Paso Robles

2006 7 Deadly Zins, Lodi

Torbreck, Barossa Valley 2005 RumRig

Old Vine Red, Lot Number 48, Marietta Cellars, Geyserville, CA

Castello Montauto, Vernaccia Di San Gimignano 2006

2007 Rombauer Carneros Chardonnay

2005 Barossa Valley The Colonial Estate Explorateur

2007 Vann Ruiten Vineyards Old Vine Zin, Lodi

Louis M Martini Cab Sauvignon, 2005 Sonoma

2004 Trinitas Zin, Bigalow Vineyards Contra Costa County

2007 Cline Ancient Vines Carignane Contra Costa County

Wine Club 2 - Zinful Zinfandels - April 2009

2005 / Opolo--Summit Creek / Paso Robles, California / 100% Zinfandel / 16.5% Alcoholic
2006 / Cline Zinfandel / Cline Cellers Sonoma, CA / 100% Zin / 14% Alcohol
2007 / Plunger Head Old Vine / Lodi, Ca / % of wines didn't say / 14.9% Alcohol
2005 / Liar's Dice / Murphy Goode Winery / Santa Rosa, Ca / 96% Zin and 4% Carignan / 15.5% Alcohol
2006 / XYZin 10 / Vine Ace Series 10 year old vines / Geyserville, Ca / 100% Zin / 14.2% Alcohol
2006 / Francis Coppola / Geyserville, Ca / 95% Zin--5% Petite Sirah / 13.5% Alcohol
2005 / Ferrari--Carano / Marietta Cellars / Geyserville, Ca / 100% Zin / 13.5% Alcohol
NV / 7 Deadly Zins--Old Vine / Michael and David Phillips Vineyard / Lodi, Ca / 100% Zin / 14.5% Alcohol
NV / Old Vine Red--Lot #48 / Marietta Cellers / Geyserville, Ca / 100% Zin / 13.5% Alcohol

The big bottle $90.00:
2004 / Michael David "Lust" / Michael and David Phillips vineyard / Lodi, Ca / 95% Zin-5% Petite Sirah / 15.9% Alcohol