Pinot Noirs were tasted by 5 tasters from Oregon and the Willamette Valley. Pino Noir is a thin-skinned grape known for its light to medium body, red fruit flavors (like cherry, raspberry, and strawberry), with delicate floral notes 🌸

The wines were evenly scored as a group however everyone had strong opinions on particular wines with the totals balancing out the opinions with the winner being the Rascal Pinot Noir from 2022.

Costco Malbec wines all from Mendoza, Aregentina with the Mendoza Vineyards Gran Reserva, 2021 taking first place and the Clos de los Siete, 2021 Red Blend with 59% Malbec coming in second.

Food Lion California & Washington Cabernet Sauvignons, Josh, 14 Hands, Novinophobia and 19 Crimes Cali Red with the 19 Crimes Cali Red winning the tasting

Pinto Noir from California with big brand names and Scott solo tasted with the Apothic 2022 coming out on top.

Pinto Noir from California with big brand names and Scott solo tasted with the Apothic 2022 coming out on top.

We tasted 4 Sauvignon Blancs from the Marlborough wine region of New Zealand. We had a tie! Both the 2023 Stoneleigh ($16.99) and 2022 13 Celsius ($12.99). One winner has grapes harvested, vinted and bottled in New Zealand and the other wine bottled the Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc juice in Livermore, CA.

Cory and Michaela were young guest tasters of the same 4 Sauvignon Blancs from the Marlborough wine region of New Zealand. The idea was to compare younger folks tastes versus our tastes.

The end result is Cory and Michaela also chose 13 Celsius as the winning wine with Stoneleigh as the second place where we had those two wines in a tie!