Another Monday @ the Office

Another busy Monday at the office

I dont want you all to think it's all fun and games and steaming bowls of cafe-latte.
I set to taste through 40 or so wines with journalist and Master of Wine candidate, Rebecca Murphy. Today was a pretty good day. For one, we only had one corked wine. Not bad for this many wines. I will list the wines at the end of the post for anyone who is so interested.

These were wines sent up from the warehouse so that they might be considered for some mention in newspapers and other printed and electric wine news.
Afterwards I went back home to the Bat-Cave in the '56 Bel Air. This might have looked like fun, but it was WORK! (i.e., the wine tasting; the drive home was loads of fun!)

 BUBBLY
 CHARLES DE FERE CUVEE
 CHARLES DE FERE RESERVE
 CHARLES DE FRERE DRY ROSE
 MONT-MARCAL BRUT ROSE NV
 TALTARNI BRUT TACHE VS
 GRUET BRUT ROSE
 WHITE - MISC
 ABBAZIA DI NOVACELLA - KERNER 05
 ITZAS MENDI – TZAKOLINA 2005
 SAUV BLANC
 LOS CARDOS ‘DONA PAULA’ SAUV BLANC 2006
 SOUTHERN RIGHT SB WALKER BAY (SOUTH AFRICA) 2006
 PASCAL JOLIVET ATTITUDE SB 2004
 CHARDONNAY
 VINCENT BOURGOGNE BLANC 2005
 STE GENEVIEVE PEREGRINE HILL CHARDONNAY (TEXAS) 2005
 HAMILTON RUSSELL CHARD WALKER BAY (SOUTH AFRICA) 2005
 ROSE’
 LOS CARDOS MALBEC/ROSE 2006
 RED WINE
 2005 BEAUJOLAIS
 CLAUDE GEOFFRAY –CHATEAU THIVINS – COTE DE BROUILLY 2005
 GEORGES DUBOEUF JULIENAS 2005
 GEORGES DUBOEUF CHATEAU DES CAPITANS JULIENAS 2005
 GEORGES DUBOEUF MOULIN A VENT FLOWER 2005
 GEORGES DUBOEUF MORGON DOMAINE MONT CHAVY 2005
 GEORGES DUBOEUF MORGON JEAN DESCOMBES 2005
 RED – SPAIN
 ARENA LOCA UTIEL-REQUENA 2004 TEMPRANILLO/CAB/ETC
 CACERES RIOJA RESERVA 2000
 RED- PORTUGAL
 TINTA DA PARROTES ALENQUER DOC 2001
 TINTO DA ANFORA ALENTEJANO VR TINTO 2001
 RED- FRANCE
 LA VIEILLE FERME RED 2004
 PAUL JABOULET CDR ROUGE PARALLELE 45 2003
 PAUL JABOULET CROZES HERMITAGE “LES JALETS” 2001
 RED - ITALY
 SANTI VALPOLICELLA “SOLANE” RIPASSO 2001 (CLASSICO SUPERIORE)
 SARTORI VALPOLICELLA “MONTEGRADELLA” 2003 (CLASSICO SUPERIORE)
 BANFI COLLEPINO SANGIOVESE/MERLOT TOSCANA 2005
 FEUDO MONACI SALICE SALENTINO 2003 (DOC)
 CANTELE PRIMITIVO (SALENTO IGT) 2004
 SPORTOLETTI ASSISI ROSSO DOC 2005
 VAL DELLE ROSE MORELLINO DI SCANSANO DOC 2003
 GIACOSA BARBERA D'ALBA 2004
 NEW WORLD PINOT NOIR
 STE GENEVIEVE PEREGRINE HILL PINOT NOIR (TEXAS) 2005
 CONO SUR PINOT NOIR RAPEL VALLEY CHILE 2006
 MALBEC
 LOS CARDOS MALBEC MENDOZA 2005
 MERLOT ( NEW WORLD)
 CLOS DU VAL MERLOT NAPA 2003
 SAGELANDS MERLOT COLUMBIA VALLEY 2003
 CAB MERLOT BLENDS ( SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE)
 NEIL ELLIS CAB SAUV/ MERLOT STELLENBOSCH 2003
 TALTARNI 3 MONKS CABERNET/MERLOT VICTORIA 2001
 CABERNET SAUVIGNON (NEW WORLD)
 TERRAZAS CAB SAUV MENDOZA 2004
 SEBASTIANI CAB SAUV SONOMA 2004
 CLOS DU VAL CAB NAPA 2003
 SAGELANDS CAB SAUV COLUMBIA VALLEY 2002