November has been an unbelievable month for Wine Tastings at Cafe le Grand… even if I say so myself. We’ve had three of them… all featuring fantastic wines… and two of them being events not to be missed. It’s really too bad we can only seat about 24 people at our wine tastings. Of course you’ve read about Corey and Chad from Dusted Valley Vintners… well, last night we did pretty much the entire Michael & David Vineyards portfolio with special guests Mike Kasper and Melissa Lewis of Michael & David Vineyards!
Mike works out of Chicago, touring the country promoting the Michael & David Family of Wines ( http://www.lodivineyards.com/ ), while Melissa is from Wisconsin and does similar promotion around the State. Many of you may be familiar with Michael & David wines – including 7 Heavenly Chards Chardonnay, 7 Deadly Zins Zinfandel and others. If you’re a fan, you seriously missed out on a great tasting… the lineup went like this:
7 Heavenly Chards, Incognito Viogner, Windmill Estates Cabernet, Windmill Estates Zinfandel, 7 Deadly Zins, 6th Sense Syrah, Incognito Rouge, Petite Petit, Earthquake Cabernet, Earthquake Zinfandel, Earthquake Petite Sirah.
Realizing Loreen and I taste about 90% of everything we carry (tough job… but somebody has to do it!), it had been some time since we’ve done such a concentrated tasting of one producer’s products - and once again all of our memories were affirmed. These wines represent a quality line from a consistent producer!
Although you missed the Michael & David Portfolio Tasting, we encourage you to stop by and pick up a few bottles to see what all the buzz is about, and enjoy these gems from Lodi.
Regards….
Ron
