I’ll be your donating host for this week’s WB virtual tasting for charity.
The week runs Dec 11-18.
The theme is Wines of the Loire.
The charity will be the Semper Fi Fund.
The Loire has a wide choice of wines. Sancerre, Muscadet, and various expressions of Chenin Blanc are my favorites. Chinon, Bourgueil and Saumur should work for Cab Franc lovers. Many more choices.
What will yours be?
The Semper Fi Fund does good work helping our physically and psychologically wounded post 9/11 veterans and their families. It has also been very highly rated by Charity Navigator for many years for operating efficiency and transparency.
Learn more at semperfifund.org.
Details:
I will donate $10 to the Semper Fi Fund if you post a tasting note on a Loire wine that you open this week. TN posts from everyone, including the camera-shy, the pet-less, and the technically challenged, earn this $10 donation with no photo required. That said, photos are very welcome from everyone. And please don’t just tell us what wine you opened; give us some words about how it tastes. The tasting note can be short or long, focused or rambling, literal or figurative, . . . just about anything goes here, so go for it.
Enjoy your Loire wines this week and thanks for participating.
-Jim
P.S. Some bonus donation opportunities will be announced later, so stay tuned. Also, TN awards might be made at the end of the week, if you get my drift. . . .
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I was planning to feed these “bonus donation opportunities” one at a time throughout the week. But on second thought, to give you max planning time and avoid confusion to everyone, including myself, here they all are at once.
BONUS DONATION OPPORTUNITIES
The “First-timer”
If you open your first ever Loire wine this week, let us know and post a tasting note here that includes a photo of yourself with the wine. I will donate $20 instead of $10 to the Semper Fi Fund.
The “Homie”
For New England based WBs. If you open any Loire wine this week and post a tasting note here that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, I will donate $20 instead of $10 to the Semper Fi Fund.
The “Winter Homie”
For FL based WBs. If you open any Loire wine this week and post a tasting note here that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, I will donate $20 instead of $10 to the Semper Fi Fund.
The “C’mon man”
Jay Hack, if you open a Loire Cabernet Franc red still wine this week, and post a tasting note here that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, I will donate $20 instead of $10 to the Semper Fi Fund.
Michae1 P0wers, if you open a 2018 Pepiere Muscadet “La Pepie” this week, and post a tasting note here that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, I will donate $20 instead of $10 to the Semper Fi Fund.
The “Dealer’s choice”
A post here for a Coteaux du Layon, Quarts de Chaume, or Bonnezeaux opened this week, that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, will earn $20 instead of $10 for the Semper Fi Fund.
The “Pepiere complements”
A post here for a non-Pepiere Muscadet opened this week, that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, will earn $20 instead of $10 for the Semper Fi Fund.
A post here for a non-Muscadet Pepiere opened this week, that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, will earn $20 instead of $10 for the Semper Fi Fund.
The “Gordian Knot”
If a single post qualifies for more than one of the offered bonus donation opportunities, my donation for that post will be $25 instead of $20 to the Semper Fi Fund.
Added 12/12/19:
The “What’s that?”
A post here for a Menetou-Salon opened this week, that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, will earn $20 instead of $10 for the Semper Fi Fund.
The “Neglected brother”
A post here for a Sancerre Rouge opened this week, that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, will earn $20 instead of $10 for the Semper Fi Fund.
Added 12/17/19:
The “Hail Mary”
For FRANCE based WBs. A post here for any Loire wine opened this week, that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, will earn $20 instead of $10 for the Semper Fi Fund.
The “Go Deep, Monk”
For Neal Mollen. A post here for any Loire WHITE wine opened this week, that includes a photo of yourself with the wine, will earn $20 instead of $10 for the Semper Fi Fund.