1979 Raymond Chardonnay

2/12/14- The brown bag wine sampled at the Knitters at the Dave & Ann Vik home was a 1979 Raymond Chardonnay, paired with a delicious dinner of Portobello Mushroom caps with grilled chicken tenders and cheese Knitter’s salad.

Ch. Pegau Mini-Horizontal Tasting

2/8/14-The Curtis’s and Hennige’s met at the home of Keith and Helen Faust to sample a small horizontal of Ch. Pegau Rhone wines (2000, 2004 and 2009).  The wines were paired with a fabulous dinner consisting of Apricot-Glazed Pork Roast, Boursin Creamed Spinach, scalloped potatoes and White Chocolate-Raspberry Cheesecake.

1984 Chatom Merlot

2/6/14- The brown bag wine sampled at the Thursday wine tasting at the Folsom Lakeforest wine store was 1984 Merlot that had lost original fruit.  Raj finally got his Merlot guess correct, as did Jane and Laura.

NV Bogle Petite Sirah

1/30/14- The brown bag wine sampled at the Thursday wine tasting at the Folsom Lakeforest wine store was a drinkable 1979 Petite Sirah that was a bit over the hill.  Tim Curtis nailed this one.

1978 Rutherford Ranch Zinfandel

1/23/14- The brown bag wine sampled at the Thursday wine tasting at the Folsom Lakeforest wine store was a very enjoyable and fruity aged zinfandel.  Most thought it to be a much younger wine, in the 80’s or even 90’s.  Flavors of plum and fig predominated.

1971 Pedroncelli Zinfandel

1/16/14- The brown bag wine sampled at the Thursday wine tasting at the Folsom Lakeforest wine store was a 43 year old zinfandel that was still alive.  The wine did not fool anyone with all participants guessing zinfandel; however, most thought it to be much younger.

1984 Jekel Cabernet

1/9/14- The brown bag wine sampled at the Thursday wine tasting at the Folsom Lakeforest wine store was a fruity and youthful cabernet.  Most participants thought it to be a cab or merlot, and Laura and Jane detected a vege component which was very prevalent in the older Jekel cabernets.