Hosts: David and Vera Hartford
Alamo
The tasting featured 8 sparkling wines from champagne (5), California (2) and New Mexico (1). Four were blanc de blancs and four were blends.
Top honors went to the two California sparkling wines: From Carneros in Sonoma, Domaine Carneros was ranked first. From the Anderson Valley in Mendocino, Roederer was ranked second. Some may remember that Gruet from New Mexico, which placed fourth, was also poured as a prior Repast. From France, the Lebeau-Batiste champagne took third place, but the other champagnes did not fare well, taking 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th place.
The voting results were as follows:
| Rank | Points | Wine | Origin | Price | Bottle |
| 1 | 80 | 2017 Domaine Carneros by Taittinger Brut Sparkling Wine (blend) Carneros | Sonoma | $29.94 | 3 |
| 2 | 82 | 2015 Roederer Estate L’Ermitage Sparkling Wine (blend) Anderson Valley | Mendocino | $55.00 | 4 |
| 3 | 84 | NV Lebeau-Batiste Blanc de Blancs Grande Reserve Brut Champagne | Cham- pagne | $57.32 | 8 |
| 4 | 90 | NV Gruet Cuvee 89 Sparkling Brut (blend) New Mexico (price based on Bev Mo’s frequent 5¢ sale) | New Mexico | $10.00 | 6 |
| 5 | 91 | 2016 Deutz Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne | Cham- pagne | $75.00 | 1 |
| 6 | 97 | NV Lilbert-Fils Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagne “Cramant” | Cham- pagne | $44.00 | 7 |
| 7 | 110 | NV Charles Heidsieck Blanc de Blancs Champagne | Cham- pagne | $59.00 | 2 |
| 8 | 122 | NV Roger Coulon Reserve de L’Homme 1er Cru Brut Champagne (blend) | Cham- pagne | $47.00 | 5 |
The pretasting wines were:
NV Marguet Pere et Fils Yuman
2017 Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc Vintage
NV Louis Roederer Collection 242 Brut Champagne
NV Piper Heidsieck Brut Champagne
The wines were generally sourced from JJ Buckley. Gruet “Cuvee 89” is a BevMo exclusive, other Gruet wines more widely distributed.
Thanks to David and Vera for hosting and to Carol Gilliland of A Loveable Feast, who provided both the dinner and her home for the venue.
Individual votes:
| Rank | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Total Points | 91 | 110 | 80 | 82 | 122 | 90 | 97 | 84 |
| Your Name | Btl 1 | Btl 2 | Btl 3 | Btl 4 | Btl 5 | Btl 6 | Btl 7 | Btl 8 |
| Steve Shank | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Jim F | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Marjie | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Marie Coppola | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| David H | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| John Klassen | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Bob | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Kayleigh & Elliott (Niece & Husband) | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Laura | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Genie | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Suzi Mills | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Sandy | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Carol Sorgen | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Phyllis | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Richard | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Joyce K | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Bette F | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Steve Smith | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Kyra | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Diane | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Pat M | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
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