Announcement for July's Wine Night

For July's Wine Night:

Theme: Sauvignon Blanc
Date: July 9, 2010
Time: 8:00
Location: Alissa's (our parent's house)

You are all invited to Nicole and Alissa's house on the aforementioned date and time for our eighth wine club gathering. The night's theme will be SAUVIGNON BLANC, a French-originated WHITE wine that is now most known for its cultivation in France, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil and California. As such, every couple/uncoupled individual is responsible for bringing a bottle of SAUVIGNON BLANC, which you can find at any liquor store for under $25, to the tasting. Nicole and Alissa will be providing food pairings to accompany the wine.

Also, bring your bathing suits, as their pool will be open for drunken swimming.

GET EXCITED FOR ROUND 8 YOU CRAZY WINOS!!!

Don't forget to RSVP to the Facebook invitation!

A Message From Our President

Just a reminder that you are all invited to Evan's house this Friday, June 25 at 8:00PM for our seventh wine club gathering. The night's theme will be CHARDONNAY, a French-originated WHITE wine that is now grown anywhere in the world that wine is produced. As such, every couple/uncoupled individual is responsible for bringing a bottle of CHARDONNAY, which you can find at any liquor store for under $25, to the tasting. Evan and Jess will be providing a popcorn bar and some good cheese to accompany the wine. GET EXCITED FOR ROUND 7 YOU CRAZY WINOS!!!

Try and chill your Chardonnay's before you come to Wine Night on Friday. But if you cant, no sweat. Ill freeze it while we take care of the starter wine...CHEERS!

Meet This Crazy Wino - Evan

Name: Evan
Alias: Hayweed, E-Dawg, DawgE
Occupation: Marketing Coordinator-Copywriter (whatever that means)

When you brag, you brag about: I used to work for Wicked on Broadway (getting a Playbill credit, a gold locket from Idina Menzel, and a touch on the leg by Eden Espinosa in the process).

What would you do if money was no issue? Build myself a huge house with a urinal in the bathroom, buy the New York Yankees and reopen The Downtown in Farmingdale

Favorite Vintage: 2005 Bogel Pinot Noir
Why? Its vanilla flavors are INCREDIBLE!!!

Your First Wine Experience: Well, it's not my first, but I will tell you about my most memorable wine experience. One night during my junior year in college, me and a few of my friends bought a gallon of Carlo Rossi Chianti. We went back to my friend's dorm room and, over the course of a few hours, proceeded to drink the entire bottle. Having grown tired from all the wine, I eventually feel asleep on my buddies couch. When I awoke, the lights were off, Dave Matthews Band's "Satalite" was playing on the stereo, and everyone was gone except for my buddy and his girlfriend, who were on his bed (no more than 5 feet away from me) performing an act that is illegal in most states. Without disturbing them, which would have been awkward on so many levels, I managed to escape the room and make my way back to my building with only emotional scares. To anyone who reads this, I promise that Our Monthly Wine Club's gathering never end like this...usually.

What makes you a crazy wino? The story that I just told. Also, the fact that I am the "fearless leader" of Our Monthly Wine Club, which I'm sure is annoying to most of our members.

Favorite Quote: "No, if anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot!"-Miles Raymond (Sideways)

Personal Motto: Try not to drink Merlot.

Top 3 items on your Bucket List: Visit Scotland, sing in a band and get another tattoo

Top Choice Actor to play you for Our Monthly Wine Club - The Movie: Paul Rudd

Announcement for June Wine Night

For June's Wine Night:

Theme: Chardonnay
Date: June 25, 2010
Time: 8:00
Location: Evan's

As always, every couple/uncoupled individual is responsible for bringing a bottle of CHARDONNAY, which you can find at any liquor store for under $25, to the tasting. Evan and Jess will be providing food pairings to accompany the wine.

GET EXCITED FOR ROUND 7 YOU CRAZY WINOS!!!

Don't forget to RSVP to the Facebook invitation!

See you all soon!

The Six Month Rundown

So, we made it six months. And, as Tara pointed out, there are a handful of us that have attended every single wine night since December, which makes us... well it makes us the sort of people that like to get drunk like clockwork. But that doesn't mean we don't like newcomers, because we love us some newcomers! When Tim was new, we loved him. But then he started giving every wine 2s, 3s and 4s. Then we didn't like him so much. (Just kidding, Tim, we still like you!) Jamie's gathering brought us a ton of new winos - winos that were 100% committed to taking wine night seriously. Much appreciated.

Anyway, so far we've tasted 53 wines. 53! That's a lot of bottles of wine!

Vintages Tasted

December - Pinot Noir - hosted by Evan
January - Cabernet Franc - hosted by Nicole
February - Chianti - hosted by Tommy
March - Riesling - hosted by Jess
April - Cabernet Sauvignon - hosted by Sean & Tara
May - Red Zinfandel - hosted by Jamie

Top Five Wines Tasted

1. 2006 Isonzo Del Friuli Cabernet Franc - average score of 8.4 out of 10
2. 2006 Bogle Pinot Noir - average score of 7.9 out of 10
3. 2008 Mark West Pinot Noir - average score of 7.8 out of 10
4. 2007 Lauca Reserva Pinot Noir - average score of 7.8 out of 10
5. 2006 Nipozzano Riserva Chianti - average score of 7.5 out of 10

Bottom Five Wines Tasted

1. 2007 Kendall Jackson Riesling - average score of 4.7 out of 10
2. 2006 Rock River Zinfandel - average score of 4.6 out of 10
3. 2003 Laurel Lake Cabernet Franc - average score of 4.4 out of 10
4. 2007 Les Granges Cabernet Franc - average score of 3.9 out of 10
5. 2007 Vino De Eyzaguirre Cabernet Sauvignon - average score of 3.8 out of 10