Monthly Archives: August 2014
El Cajon Wine Tasting Notes 8/29/14-8/30/14
“The Off’the-Beaten Path Tasting” We’ll take a stroll a bit off the beaten track this weekend and sample a luscious assortment of wines from quality producers in Mendocino, the Santa Rita Hills, the Sierra Foothills and Oregon’s Willamette Valley. We’ll … Continue reading
El Cajon Wine Tasting Notes for 8/22/14-8/23/14
“The Aussie Tasting” Let’s go Down Under this week as for the first time in a long while we sample wines from our Australian mates. We’ve got a 90-plus rated Aussie version of a GSM that is delicious and a … Continue reading
El Cajon Wine Tasting Notes for 8/15/14-8/16/14
The Summer Special Tasting We indeed have something special for our summer tasters this week as the featured wine will be the 2006 Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta. The 2005 vintage won Wine Spectator’s #1 wine of the year rating and … Continue reading
El Cajon Wine Tasting Notes for 8/1/14-8/2/14
“The Jack to a Queen Tasting” Well, we’re all over the map with this tasting but we’ll take our theme from the starting and finishing wines from Napa’s JAQK Cellars, beginning with the JAQK Her Majesty Chardonnay. From there we’ll … Continue reading