Saturday, Liza and I atteneded the Rosenblum 30th Anniversary Open House courtesy of the Blogger Extrodinaire, Farley of Behind the Vines.
With over 40 delicious wines being poured, it was fantastic to be able to park our rears in beach chairs, and munch on fresh cheese and Zinfandel ice cream. Yummy! I am sad to report that we missed out on the Anniversary Edition of the Rockpile Road Zin, because we were attempting to go in a reasonable order from everyday to extrodinary. C'est la vie.
My highlights of the tasting day at Rosenblum were:
- England-Shaw Vineyard Syrah, Solano County - 2005
- Harris Kratka Vineyard Zinfandel, Alexander Valley - 2005
- Planchon Vineyard Zinfandel, Contra Costa County - 2006
- Rockpile Road Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley - 2006
- Rominger Vineyard Syrah, Yolo County - 2006
- Maggie's Reserve Zinfandel, Sonoma Valley - 2005
- Monte Rosso Vineyard Reserve Zinfandel, Sonoma Valley - 2006
- Rockpile Reserve Syrah, Fran's Vineyard - 2006
- St. Peter's Church Vineyard Reserve Zinfandel, Sonoma County - 2005
Sunday, Xandria and I headed up to Dry Creek.
I have to add a disclaimer here, because I did not take any tasting notes. I was just enjoying myself too much to think about it! So, these recollections are just the wines that stuck out in my mind as tasty without any deconstruction.
I had originally wanted to head up to Vinify Solutions in Santa Rosa because I got an invitation to their open house where Kethcum Estates was pouring there fabulous Pinot Noir. I first discovered Kethcum last year at Pinot Days, and have been a fan every since.
Little did I know that Vinify, a custom cursh facility, had over 10 labels pouring that day! Pinot, Syrah, Chardonnay oh my.
Some of the offerings we tried were:
- Ketchum Estate
- Bjornstad Cellars
- Suacci Carciere
- Baker Lane
- Sojourn Cellars
- Dry Stack Cellars
- Super Sonoman
- Lattanzio Wines
- Cinque Insieme
- Bevan Cellars
After that luscious pitstop, we zipped on up Dry Creek to go visit @ShaRayRay (Shana to you non Twitter types) at Kokomo. Bermuda, Bahama, baby don't you wanna? I would if I were you. For a new winery, Kokomo is producing some amazing things. My first trip to Kokomo was this year's Barrel Tasting, when I fell in love with the Carignane. Sadly, I have to be a patient Wineaux, since it won't be released for a while.
While we were enjoying our lunch from the Dry Creek General Store, we sipped on such tasty treats as
Go out, taste, and enjoy your life. You might get hit by a bus, or be in an earthquake tomorrow.
Cheers!
While we were enjoying our lunch from the Dry Creek General Store, we sipped on such tasty treats as
- 2006 Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, Peters Vineyard
- 2006 Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, Windsor Oaks Vineyard
- 2005 Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley, Perotti Vineyards
- 2006 Cuvee"Bela",Sonoma County
Go out, taste, and enjoy your life. You might get hit by a bus, or be in an earthquake tomorrow.
Cheers!
6 comments:
I recently visited Farley at Rosenblum with Brittany and Marshall from WineQ.com, and came home with the Kratka, which I loved, and the Planchon, which I highly prize and hope to hang on to.
Thanks for putting Kokomo on my radar!
Yeah, what she said! Thea, you rock! All I remember is Red...Gooood...three ice cream cones...drunk lady (thankfully NOT me) falling FLAT on her face...Text messages to my sorry book club ass ("We so drunk"...I could hear the hiccups!)
Kisses,
Heehee yes, we had so much fun. And so much wine!
I made Xandria sent that text as I was driving cuz she drank everything, and GASP! I had to pass certain wines! I cried.
But it was a wonderful wine whacky weekend!
YAY!
Woo-hoo. Cheers to good girl time with good wines!
Hehehe, I was just going to comment about when the Winehiker, Marshall and I went to Rosenblum recently, but he beat me to it! We walked out with the Kratka, the Planchon and the Annette's Reserve Zins :) If you like Syrah (of course you do), look for the next vintage of Rosenblum's Holbrook Mitchell - we barrel tasted and it was SO GOOD! It reminded me of a Texas BBQ pit. Sounds like the girls' wine triumvirate is dangerously fun!
I know I am weeks too late, but thanks again for the kind words about me and Kokomo.
I had a blast with you two ladies and look forward to seeing you guys again!
-Shana.
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