Saturday March 24th
ALL DAY LONG
In the spirit of "March Madness", it is time for our 2nd Annual sweet sixteen tournament tasting this weekend! Four different countries will each get four entry wines into the tournament. We will have brackets filled out representing all of the matchups. Your job is to taste through the wines on the machine and pick your favorites in each round. Each "pick" for a wine to go to the next round is the same as a vote for that wine - the wine with the most votes will advance. Once we tally the votes over the weekend, we will announce the "Final Four" and we will taste those wines for FREE next Thursday. Here is the kicker, the bracket from this Saturday (at each store) with the most correct choices will be deemed the winner. The grand prize? The winner will be able to choose six bottles from any round of the tasting and take them home absolutely FREE.
There are the #1 seeds (Domaine Charvin Chateauneuf at $57 could be a strong contender!) and then the #16 seeds (could Villa Sparina Barbera at $14 take down the venerated powerhouse Conterno Barbera?).
It's really not as complicated as it sounds - and last year proved it to be a ton of fun. If you are at all confused just plan on coming in this Saturday in between your favorite teams playing, taste some great wine with friends, and have a great time.
The entries into the tournament are:
UNITED STATES:
2010 Belle Glos "Meiomi" Pinot Noir
2008 T Solomon Wellborn Pinot Noir
2010 Jeff Runquist "1448"
2008 Rockus Bockus Red Blend
ITALY:
2007 Vietti Barolo "Castiglione"
2010 Quattro Mani
2009 Conterno Barbera D'Alba "Cerretta Vineyard"
2010 Villa Sparina Barbera
FRANCE:
2010 Perrin Cotes du Rhone Villages
2010 Domaine la Garrigue "Cuvee Romaine"
2009 Clos Saint Jean Chateauneuf du Pape
2009 Domaine Charvin Chateauneuf du Pape
SPAIN:
2008 Planetes de Nin Priorat
2004 Mas Alta "Artigas" Priorat
2006 Finca Villacreces Tempranillo
2008 Borsao "Berola" Red Blend
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