| California vs. The World Wine Tasting Event |
First off, I want to say thank you to Mr. & Mrs.
Bramley for allowing us to use their house for this
event. I couldn't have asked for better hosts!
Everything was wonderful. I would also like to
extend a big thank you to Chris & Alicia Taylor and
Brian & Missy Baker for all their help in pulling off
the event. Great job everyone!
For this event, we pitted seven wines from
California against seven wines from throughout the
wine producing world. There were seven different
varietals in our little showdown; Sparkling wine,
Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Noir,
Syrah/Shiraz & Cabernet Sauvignon. We also had
quite a spread of food to pair along with the
different varietals. Each guest was asked to
compare the two wines, one California and one
from the World and vote as to which wine they
liked the best. To make things fair, we tasted these
wines blind in random order.
We had high hopes for our California brethren, but
I'm sorry to say that unfortunately, California went
down in flames this evening! Here are the results
of our tasting:
Bramley for allowing us to use their house for this
event. I couldn't have asked for better hosts!
Everything was wonderful. I would also like to
extend a big thank you to Chris & Alicia Taylor and
Brian & Missy Baker for all their help in pulling off
the event. Great job everyone!
For this event, we pitted seven wines from
California against seven wines from throughout the
wine producing world. There were seven different
varietals in our little showdown; Sparkling wine,
Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Noir,
Syrah/Shiraz & Cabernet Sauvignon. We also had
quite a spread of food to pair along with the
different varietals. Each guest was asked to
compare the two wines, one California and one
from the World and vote as to which wine they
liked the best. To make things fair, we tasted these
wines blind in random order.
We had high hopes for our California brethren, but
I'm sorry to say that unfortunately, California went
down in flames this evening! Here are the results
of our tasting:
| California's Coppola "Sophia" Sparkling Wine vs. Spain's Frexinet Spanish Cava |
| California is the winner with 17 votes |
| Spain is the loser with only 3 votes |
| California's MacMurray Pinot Grigio vs. Italy's Tiefenbrunner Pinot Grigio |
| Italy is the winner with 16 votes |
| California is the loser with only 4 votes |
| California's Mason Sauvignon Blanc vs. New Zealand's Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc |
| California is the loser with only 6 votes |
| New Zealand is the winner with 14 votes |
| California's Rideau Riesling vs. Alsace, France's Albrecht Riesling |
| Alsace, France is the winner with 13 votes |
| California is the loser with only 7 votes |
| California's David Bruce "Sonoma Coast" Pinot Noir vs. Burgundy, France's Robert Kracher Bourgogne |
| California is the loser with only 9 votes |
| Burgundy, France is the winner with 10 votes |
| Technically this round was a tie, but since it would have been my vote that tied the scores, I decided not to count mine for this round. |
| California's Cline Syrah vs. Australia's Wishing Tree Shiraz |
| California is the loser with only 5 votes |
| Australia is the winner with 15 votes |
| California's Franciscan Estates Cabernet Sauvignon vs. South Africa's Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon |
| South Africa is the loser with only 3 votes |
| California is the winner with 17 votes |
| The Final Score...California had only two head to head wins with a total of 65 votes vs the World's five head to head wins and a total of 74 votes. The Winner for this event = The World! Here are some scenes from the event! |
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