Here are the results of our "West County" Pinot Noir blind tasting held at the new FF Coppola yet unnamed winery in Geyserville. 80 guys attended and enjoyed free dinner from the Coppola team. Tasting was in 4 flights of 16 btls each.
Next event will be in early May.

AVG FLIGHT TOTAL VINTAGE WINE
SCORE RANK RANK
8.71 1 1 2005 De Loach RRV Green Valley
8.00 2 2 2005 Hartford Court, Land's Edge, Sonoma Coast
7.82 1 3 2005 Segue RRV
7.64 2 4 2004 Chasseur RRV
7.33 3 5 2005 Seghesio Sonoma Coast
7.33 3 5 2005 Dutton-Goldfield Dutton Ranch RRV
7.00 5 7 2005 Rodney Strong Estate RRV
7.00 1 7 2005 Kasauri Peters Vyd
7.00 3 7 2005 Taft Street Sonoma Coast
6.89 2 10 2005 Adrian Fog Two Sisters Vyd RRV
6.83 6 11 2005 Mia's Playground RRV
6.79 1 12 2005 De Loach RRV
6.58 2 13 2004 Alderbrook
6.55 3 14 2005 Castle Rock
6.55 3 14 2003 La Crema Sonoma Coast
6.44 7 16 2005 Schug Sonoma Coast
6.41 4 17 2003 Miramar Estate Don Miguel Vyd RRV
6.32 3 18 2005 J Winery RRV
6.29 5 19 2005 Coppola Director's Cut Sonoma Coast
6.25 6 20 2005 Seghesio Sonoma Coast
6.25 8 20 2005 De Loach RRV
6.21 7 22 2001 P.L. Franicevic RRV
6.17 8 23 2004 Scherrer
6.14 9 24 2005 Beringer
6.08 10 25 2003 Porter Creek
6.00 5 26 2003 Miramar Estate Don Miguel Vyd RRV
5.86 9 27 2002 Sapphire Hill Vyd RRV
5.86 4 27 2003 Picket Fence
5.75 5 29 2004 De Natale RRV
5.73 6 30 2005 Mark West Appelation California
5.70 11 31 2005 Lutea
5.69 12 32 2005 Rochioli
5.68 7 33 2003 Paul Hobbs RRV
5.67 13 34 2005 Rodney Strong RRV
5.56 6 35 2003 Tandem San Giacomo Vyd
5.55 8 36 2005 Clos du Bois Sonoma County Reserve
5.50 7 37 2005 Mirasssou Sonoma Coast
5.50 7 37 2005 Aubert Sonoma Coast
5.44 9 39 2003 J Winery RRV
5.42 14 40 2005 Sebastiani
5.38 10 41 2005 Clos du Bois Sonoma County
5.38 10 41 2005 Frei Bros. RRV
5.33 10 43 2005 Rodney Strong RRV
5.30 11 44 2003 Scherrer RRV
5.29 12 45 2005 Row Eleven, Vinas 3
5.22 12 46 2005 Kenwood RRV
5.18 9 47 2005 Hook & Ladder RRV
5.13 13 48 2003 Paraiso
5.11 14 49 2005 MacMurray Sonoma Coast
4.85 15 50 2004 Porter Creek
4.75 16 51 2005 Coppola Reserve
4.63 13 52 2005 Coppola Silver
4.55 10 53 2004 D&L Corinalli Vyds Sonoma Coast
4.55 10 53 2005 La Crema Los Carneros
4.53 12 55 2005 A.P. Vin Keefer Ranch Vyds
4.33 15 56 2005 Block 13 Sonoma Coast
4.17 14 57 2005 Taft Street Sonoma Coast
4.00 15 58 2005 Frei Bros. RRV
3.86 13 59 2004 Pedroncelli Sonoma County RRV
3.75 16 60 2003 MacMurray Sonoma Coast
3.55 14 61 2005 La Crema RRV
1.83 15 62 2004 Joseph Swan Vineyards Cuvee de Trois RRV
0.20 16 63 2004 CORKED (Papapietro-Perry Pomard Clones)
0.20 16 63 2004 CORKED (La Crema Sonoma Coast)

The second tasting event of 2007 will be held on Wednesday May 2 at one of our favorite winery locations in the beautiful Dry Creek Valley. We will be blind tasting Sonoma County Zinfandel in flights of 16. The first 16 bottles will form the first flight, and so on.

Please bring ONE BOTTLE PER PERSON of Sonoma County Zinfandel for the blind tasting. This can be any vintage and appellation from the county. Please also bring ONE POTLUCK DISH PER PERSON/COUPLE, along with serving utensils, to contribute towards a good meal for everyone.

Timetable:
5:30 - 6:00 Arrival/check in
6:00 - 7:15 Tasting, socializing & eating
7:15 - 7:30 Scoring
7:30 - 8:00 Results announced & further schmoozing

MAGNUM Men's social wine tasting group is open to newcomers and welcomes participation by those who appreciate wine and the camaraderie of other predominantly gay men. Please contact me via profile information if you are interested in getting on the Evite list.

~z

If this group sends out e-mails or notifications of events I would like to be added to the list. I am a gay man who lives in San Rosa. My e-mail is doadams@sonic.net. Thanks. Doug Adams

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Originally posted by ZinGasm:


Timetable:
5:30 - 6:00 Arrival/check in
6:00 - 7:15 Tasting, socializing & eating
7:15 - 7:30 Scoring
7:30 - 8:00 Results announced & further schmoozing

Shouldn't schmoozing be before scoring?

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Originally posted by grunhauser:

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Originally posted by ZinGasm:


Timetable:
5:30 - 6:00 Arrival/check in
6:00 - 7:15 Tasting, socializing & eating
7:15 - 7:30 Scoring
7:30 - 8:00 Results announced & further schmoozing

Shouldn't schmoozing be before scoring?

Nah, it looks good to me. You're confusing schmoozing with socializing. Notice, the socializing is part of the tasting and eating block.

My name is Douglas and I am just trying to find out about activities which I go to. I have no idea who T-Bird is. Doug Adams

Is the new FF coppola winery the old Chateau Souverain winery he bought?

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Shouldn't schmoozing be before scoring?

I don't think they need to schmooze too mcuh before they score.

You need to schmooze to score and score to schmooze!