[Wine Friday] April - $15 Challenge

This time we brought the house down with 35 people -- our biggest turnout yet!  Special thanks to Rick for generously volunteering to make a wonderful display of food to pair with our eclectic wines -- it was outstanding.  He also managed to hit our Wine Challenge right on center by also bringing the best wine!  This time we had 2 winners tie for first place, Andy’s “cooking wine” Syrah made the top of the list as well.  Here is the complete lineup:

1) 2005 Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon (Tied First Place 7 votes)
2) 2005 Zig Zag Zin Mendocino Zinfandel (3 votes)
3) 2005 Robert Hall Merlot (3 votes)
4) 2003 Luna Di Luna Italian Merlot Cabernet Blend (4 votes)
5) 2006 Pepperwood Grove Syrah (Tied First Place 7 votes)
6) 2002 Ballentine Old Vine Syrah (3 votes)
7) 2005 Avalon Cabernet Sauvignon (3 votes)
8) 2005 BV Zinfandel (2 votes)
9) 2007 Pascual Toso Malbec (5 votes)
10) there was no ten (hey, after 9 wines I was confused, give me a break! Did anyone even notice?!)
11) 2005 Gallo Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon (1 vote)
12) 2004 Edna Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (2 votes)
13) 2005 Frei Brothers Syrah (no votes)
14) 2003 Fox Brook Chardonnay (no votes)
15) 2004 Mad Dogs Monastrell, Cabernet, Shiraz Blend (1 vote)
16) 2006 Louis Jadot Beaujolais (1 vote)

Thanks again to everyone for joining our $15 Challenge, I hope everyone had a wonderful time.  See you again next month!

-Mark

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Comments

[Mark]

I was surprised at the number of Cabernet wines this time. We usually have more Zinfandel. I'm thinking we should try a new theme. I will have 3 different types of wine (Zinfandel, Syrah, and Cabernet) each under a brown bag and we all try to guess which one is which varietal. Sound good?

[Linda Lu]

I have never tried so many different kinds of wine in one night. It's wonderful!