TOKYO WINE SOCIETY TASTING

Sideways - Californian Red Wines

October 27, 2006

 



The place held:
the Restaurant Cuisine 219,
Southern Castle Building B1
2-19-3 Minami-Aoyama
Minato-ku, Tokyo

We tasted red wines from the Santa Barbara wine country and other regions in California, inspired by movie "Sideways." As we are all familiar with major league red wines from Napa and Sonoma. We focused on wines from Santa Barbara, celebrating the movie Sideways.

Wine List





 

No

Wine

Year

Grape

Region

Yen

Shop

Points

Rank

1s

2s

Ls

A

Morey Saint Denis,
Dominique LAURENT

2004

Pinot Noir

Bougogne, France

4,980

Mitsukoshi

153

9

0

4

7

B

Hitching Post, Santa Barbara

2004

Pinot Noir

Santa Barbara, USA

3,980

Yanagiya

107

4

4

3

0

C

Foxen, Santa Maria Valley

2005

Pinot Noir

Santa Barbara, USA

4,650

Yanagiya

114

5

2

5

3

D

Paige 23

2002

Pinot Noir

Santa Barbara, USA

5,650

Yanagiya

125

7

2

1

5

E

Hess Collection

2002

CS 90%

Napa Valley, USA

5,850

Yanagiya

95

2

4

0

0

F

Twoney

2002

Merlot

Napa Valley, USA

8,980

Yanagiya

99

3

1

4

0

G

Ridge Vinyards

2001

Zinfandel

Santa Cruz, USA

5,450

Yanagiya

93

1

4

3

0

H

Stolpman, Estate Grown

2004

Syrah

Santa Barbara, USA

3,850

Yanagiya

114

5

4

0

1

I

Beckmen, Estate,
Santa Ynez Valley

2003

Syrah

Santa Barbara, USA

2,980

Yanagiya

135

8

2

3

7

Regends
Rank: 1=Most Preferred, 9=Worst,
1s:No of attendee preferred best,
2s: No of attendee chose second best,
Ls:No of attendee ranked worst

Dish served by the Restaurant Cuisine 219


Appetizer


Risotto


Main

(Missed)

Dessert

The Tokyo Wine Society

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