RESULTS POSTED - Blind California vrs Aussie Syrah at OPH in the OC on Dec. 12

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See you there Eldon! Looking forward to it. [berserker.gif]

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omg i am going to win worst wine hands down.

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Eldon and everyone else…I am so sorry, now I can’t make it either. We are now moving into our new home this weekend and I am going to be unpacking all weekend. I was kind of hoping that the contingencies on the sale would be held until next week, but they weren’t so we are free to move into our home this weekend… Sorry for the last minute cancellation….

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Yoni - the weather sucks for moving. Best to come drink some wine. Sorry to miss having you. Good luck dodging the rains though.

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Eldon & all,

Just so I won’t have to BBQ in the rain, I’ve got a 6+ lb. pork loin with my special olive oil and herbs rub roasting in the oven. There will be plenty to share with other carnivores!

It might be slightly embarrassing bringing the top 3 wines, but I can handle it! [wink.gif]

I just hope the traffic down to the OC isn’t awful.

Cheers,

Mark

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Again? neener

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i strive for consistency!

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I’m bringing a nice Spatlese for Clara and Francine to sip on as well. The others are bagged and ready to take on all comers! WA 97, WA 96 & WS 94 - gauntlet thrown down! [bow.gif]

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Wow - gonna have to get some serious juice open.
E.
[pillow-fight.gif]

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Had a late change of other plans today and would like to attend if anyone sees this and can send directions to bweimer @ gmail dot com.

Thanks

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sent!

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I will bring a California.

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like I said, i’d bring the worst wine and the majority has spoken! =)

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Thank you Eldon for hosting another great gathering at OPH! Nice to see familiar faces and to meet some new people, too. Good luck in volleyball today. Yikes!

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Great party Eldon! It was so well organized, the food was yummy and the company was fabulous, but I can’t say it was all that nice getting up close and personal with your garage floor. My ankle is a little grumpy this morning after my trip and fall. pileon

This tasting was quite the eye opener for me. . . .I learned that I am not a huge fan of domestic or Australian Syrah/Shiraz. I think I’m gonna have to talk dirt here and say I prefer French Syrah. In fact, the wine I most enjoyed was the Bordeaux in the garage! neener

Thanks again to you and Clara. Well done!

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You sure did! However, you redeemed yourself with the 2001 Dead Arm - my #2 wine of the night.

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So many people dissed off ALL the wine, I however, found most of them to be well worth drinking. Couple of stinkers - vast majority hard to differentiate amongst themselves. That was the weird thing.

#1 - Saxum “Broken Stones” with 5 first place votes
#2 - Jalama “La Presa” with 4 first place votes
#3 - Mollydooker Carnival of Love with 4 first place votes

The honorable mention {meaning receiving some votes}:

Delisio with 2 first place votes and a slew of seconds.
Dead Arm with 1 first and a lot of seconds and thirds
South Africa’s Goat Roti (f-you Paul) with no firsts but 6 seconds
Kynsi with a first and 3 seconds

Worst wine - Stone Heaven - 4 votes
Close on the list with 3 votes: Rudius, Harlan Ridge, and Langdon

We did not compile the results of the Country guesses, but I can tell at a glance, it was not going to be pretty. I bet random chance would have been better odds.

Thanks everyone for coming!! Volleyball this morning was “fun”.

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Not sure this will work, but here are the total - total results. Note: cutting and pasting did NOT work, lots of spaces inserted so hope this works. Sorry but we are missing the year and many specific vineyard designations. Anyone wants to add those, let me know and I will edit the post. Note there are 2 bottles of 2004 Mitolo GAM that could be added together but there seemed to be a big difference in the two bottles. Scoring was your top three, with #1 = 3 pts; #2 = 2pts; #3 = 1 pt. Bottle Bags 1-15 are from the Foosball table, 101-120 are from the Bar and Garage.

Bag # - Wine - Best Total Points - Worst # Votes
10 Saxum Broken Stones 18 0
13 Jalama La Presa 16 0
101 Mollydooker Carnival of Love 13 1
11 Delisio 12 0
111 Goat Roti 12 0 From South Africa
105 Kynsi 9 0
12 Jalama Paradise Road 8 0
113 Samnel’s Gorge 7 0
110 Whitling Eagle 5 0
106 Mitolo GAM 2004 4 0
116 Jaffurs 4 0
1 Two Hands Angels Share 2004 3 0
108 Larkmead 3 0
109 Mitolo GAM 2004 3 0
5 Oliver Hill 2 0
7 Cabot Berserker Barrel 2006 2 2
104 The Dead Arm 2001 2 0
112 Rosenblum 2 1
107 MaeRosie 1 0
2 Noble Storm 2006 0 0
3 Beckman 0 2
4 Rudius 0 3
8 Stolpman Estate 2004 0 0
9 Two Hands Lilys Garden 2004 0 0
102 Harlan Ridge 0 3
103 Langdon 0 3
114 Amon-Ra 2006 0 0
115 Cold Heaven 0 1
117 Stone Heaven 0 4 Winner - Loser
119 Selby 0 0
120 Dom du Colombier Cr-Herm 2006 0 0 From France deadhorse

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Well crap - despite extensive formatting, none of it happened. All my spacing was deleted. headbang
So, you will have to fight through the #'s if you care that much. Sorry. Heck - I am just glad I remember being there.

Interesting that my #1 was the Two Hands Angels Share, which actually IS my favorite AU Shiraz, and most frequently grabbed bottle off the rack. My #2 was the South African ringer Goat Roti, my #3 was the 2004 Mitolo GAM, and my worst wine of the night was a dead heat for either of the two Heaven bottles, closely followed by the French ringer, 2006 Domaine du Colombier Crozes-Hermitage.

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Thanks for all the work. Were was CHARLIE F? ( and his list & notes ) Now we can all tell what we liked and didn’t… I certainly thought I liked some things which did not show well to me at all.


Happy Holidays