Well, looks like our plans to hit So. Cal. this weekend have bombed but lets not make this a total loss. Any forumites up for a Zin offline this Friday night at Casa NCVL ?

No can do, amigo. Got plans to see "The Passion" Friday night.

Perhaps we can do Zin tasting from a few areas of CA: Dry Creek Valley, Napa, Sierra Foothills, Paso Robles, etc. We can also throw in some old vines and maybe even a couple late harvests. For any of you who haven't gotten into Zins as of yet this could be a great opportunity to do a little Zin tour.

nobody's interested ??? Thanks Brent, we'll see you in Amador!

norcal, i'm interested . i would just have to discuss this with katy, arrange babysitting & improve my current overall attitude (or i will be lousy company). i apologize for leaving your thread hanging, but i have been thinking about it .

I'll come out there and give you an attitude adjustment, mister.

Zin is always good for an attitude adjustment, and if not here are always the Cuban cigars !!

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indeed . i talked to katy & she & i would be happy to join you if we can find a babysitter.

This Friday night is Tasting Night at Joseph George Wine Co. (by invitation only) .

perfect gfleener we've invited over a few other folks so hopefully we'll get at least a few of us. I'll PM you tonight with the details. I have a great late harvest Zinfandel from Van Der Heyden Vinyards that I've been looking for a good reason to open. I also have a couple of old vine Zins, at least 100 year old vines, from Amador that I've been wanting to taste side by side.

Okay Davidn bummer, but you gotta do what you gotta do there may be a couple of radio folks showing up as well. I also invited Gary P. and Mark P. and expect an answer from them soon.

Holy Smoke! If the two Ps are coming I'll be there with a couple of other folks around 10.

Gary P may be passed out by then but Mark P will still be going strong assuming you don't have any young, single, good looking gals there other than Madame NCVL.

I'll keep you posted.

WOW !!! Did we have a great time and we poured some really fun Zins. We had about 12 people show up for teh event. Unfortunatly nobody from this list made it to the tasting. Better luck next time.

Top Zin's of the night:
2001 Story Winery Picnic Hill Old Vine Zinfandel
2001 Villa Toscano Fox Creek Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel
2000 A. Rafanelli
2001 Unti Zinfandel

Others Zins that we tasted:
1987 Grigich Hills
1995 Renwood
1997 Renwood
2001 Mirassou Paso Robles Reserve Zinfandel
2000 Castoro Cellars Giubbini Vineyard (Paso Robles)
2001 Michael David Vinyards Maley Vineyard (Lodi)
2000 Venge Family Reserve Scout's Honor (Napa)
2000 Dutch Henry Winery Napa Valley Zinfandel
1997 Van Der Heyden Late Harvest Zinfandel

NCVL... Next time you're trolling thru Sonoma, try Wilson on Dry Creek Road (just South of Unti, I think).
They produce some excellent Dry Creek zins.

Yup Budman,

I tried them on my last DCV tour due to recommendations from a few folks from the area. It was our last stop of the day, the place was crowded and there was some sort of commotion going on for some reason or another. There was nothing very special about the wines that we tried so we left with no purchase, generally if we like a winery, or wine, we'll purchase at least one bottle so as to remember them when we get home. I was dissapointed since I had heard such good things about them all day. We'll try them again on our next DCV tour.