On May 20, 9:26*am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> On 5/19/10 11:24 AM, DaleW wrote:
>
> > We had vegetarian tacos for meatless Monday, and the 2007 Donnhoff
> > Riesling QbA was it's usual friendly self. B/B+
>
> > Cathleen hosted SOBER last night. All wines were blind. As we
> > gathered, we enjoyed proscuitto, great salami, and 2 Champagnes
>
> Great lineup of wines, Dale, and fun notes to read. *As the owner of a
> single bottle of the '99 Chave, I am grateful for the status report, as
> it were. *As usual, I am continually impressed with ability of your
> group (Mark and Craig, this time; John usually, too) as blind tasters.
> This certainly strains the credibility of those who proclaim that
> "experts" can't identify vineyards and producers and years blind. *I'd
> also not realized that there was a woman in SOBER until now.
>
> Mark Lipton
>
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I think the Chave will be excellent in time, personally.
John was sick, but agree Mark and Craig did well (I believe Mark said
he's drunk about 4 cases of 83 Chave, his wedding anniversary year, so
less surprising!).
Cathleen works for Kobrand, and is a truly excellent taster. But it is
comparatively rare to get a female in a geeky group