Board icon Bob Wood’s Another Shitty '07 Oregon Pinot Noir thread spurred the 2007 Day after IPNC throwdown hosted by Jim Anderson. The next year Todd Hamina hosted the 2005 throwdown, and last year Marcus Goodfellow hosted the 2004 throwdown.
We are pleased to announce the 2002 Oregon Pinot Noir Throwdown hosted by John Grochau. Once again it’s the day after IPNC – Monday July 28th at Bjornson Vineyards 3635 Bethel Heights Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304. Bjornson is very close to St. Innocent & Bethel Heights in the Eola Hills.
As in past years the event starts at 1pm. But we ask you to arrive at least 30 minutes beforehand preferably sooner so we have time to prepare for the double blind tasting. Please contribute to the potluck: bread, charcuterie, pre or post tasting wines, and especially water. We will have 6-8 flights of 4-5 wines each. After every other flight we’ll identify the wines tasted, and take a short break. We will finish the formal tasting by ~3:30pm and leave plenty of time to socialize and make plans for 2015!
Previous attendees were given first opportunity to sign up. We’re now opening to the entire board. To sign up we ask that you submit your name using our google doc form along with your available 2002 Oregon Pinot Noirs. Each attendee brings either 2 750’s or a magnum of the same wine. No duplicates are allowed. The tasting is double blind. Only the core team organizing the event knows what the entire slate is. This year it’s Rich Trimpi, myself, and John Grochau.
Here’s the current roster. You can reply to this thread to add your name, but you won’t be added to this list until you’ve completed the google doc submission. Note that google docs will allow more submissions than we can accomodate. Once we get to 34, we’ll add you to the waiting list.
Submit your name & available wines
Steven Miller
Greg Malcolm
Doug Ackerman
Jeff Hoofard
Durstin Selfridge
Mike Passo
Mike Passo +1
Rick Allen
Ron Felthoven
Laurellyn Felthoven
Richard Trimpi
Bob Patricia
John Grochau
John Grochau +1
Andy Steinman
Ken Pahlow
Jeff King
Andrew Rich
Jim Anderson
Todd Hamina
Marcus Goodfellow
Mark Bjornson
Patti Bjornson
Peter Hickner
Harry Kamin
Gaironn Poole
John Osburn
Ian Burch
Bill Jones
Anne Patricia
Boyd Pearson
Waiting List:
Recent changes:
Mark Stevens (dropped out)
Bill Jones (added)
Anne Patricia (added)
Shane Clayton (dropped out)
Del LaBand (dropped out)
Boyd Pearson (added)
Tom & Kate Monroe (last minute dropout)