Ottawa Women's Wine Club: VINO VIXENS!

October 29, 2007 – Julie hosted wine club and featured SHIRAZ! Wine A: Barefoot Cellers Shiraz Region: California Price: $9.75 Rating: 2 nd place Tasting Notes: Light, spicy; better with food; dry, lavender – won the Critic’s Award… we’d buy this again Wine B: Yellow Tail Shiraz Region: Australia Vintage: 2006 Price: $12.05 Rating: 1st place Tasting Notes: Sweet, smooth, spicy – YUMMY; better without food; flavours come out with Camembert Wine C: Wyndham Estate Bin 555 Shiraz Region: Australia Vintage: 2004 Price: $15.95 Rating: 3rd place Tasting Notes: dry, spicy, flavours not as strong Wine D: J&F Lurton Terra Sana VDP (ORGANIC) Region: France Vintage: 2006 Price: $10.65 Rating: 4 th place Tasting Notes: “yucky”; “BOO”; not as good with chocolate, not as sweet (obviously this one we will not buy again;) Enjoyed with: Penne Arrabiata ; pepperoni pizza; Camembert , spicy Gouda and extra old white cheddar cheeses with crackers/baguette; grapes, strawberries and chocolates Co

Host : Tayisa Date : September 24, 2007 Theme : Sauvignon Blanc Company : Sara-Rose, Anna, Andrea and Carmela Wine #1: Tarapaca Region: Chile Vintage: 2006 Price: $9.25 Rating: 2 Tasting notes: flowery, `me likey ’ (AP J), not good with food, smells awesome, sipping wine, From the bottle: aromas and flavours of gooseberry, herbs and green apples Wine #2: Pelee Island Region: Ontario Vintage: 2006 Price: $9.95 Rating: 1 Tasting Notes: good with sweet, lychee scented, bubbles!, From the bottle: fresh clean aromas of gooseberry with herbaceous, mineral notes Wine #3: Rothschild Region: Languedoc , France Vintage: 2006 Price: $10.00 Rating: 4 Tasting notes: watery, dry, not too tasty From the bottle: grassy, citrus, herbaceous nose Wine #4: Two Oceans Region: South Africa Vintage: 2006 Price: $9.65 Rating: 3 Tasting Notes: smells a bit like pee, good with food From the bottle: gooseberry, herbaceous, grassy, pink grapefruit & fresh lemon aromas Enjoyed with : warm brie with apricot/g