Hosts: Andre & Melinda Solomon
Location: Vince & Karen’s Home, Danville
Andre and Melinda put on a wonderful tasting and their choice of venue couldn’t be beat. The pre-tasting was outside on Vince and Karen’s patio with a lovely feel of autumn in the air, while the tasting was indoors. Here are the results:
| Rank | Total Points | Wine | Price | Bottle |
| 1 | 65 | Caliza Azimuth 2021 GSM (Paso Robles) | $75.00 Winery | 8 |
| 2 | 75 | Concannon Vineyard Stampmaker’s 2020 GSM (Livermore) | $36.00 Winery | 3 |
| 3 | 79 | Calcareous Vineyard Tres Violet 2022 GSM (Paso Robles) | $80.00 Winery | 5 |
| 4 | 83 | Trader Joe’s Grand Reserve 2022 GSM (Santa Barbara) | $12.99 Trader Joe’s | 1 |
| 5 | 89 | Frequency Wine Company 2021 GSM (Santa Barbara) | $28.99 Total Wine | 7 |
| 6 | 105 | Cochon Pape Rock Rouge 2022 GSM (Sonoma County) | $42.00 Winery | 2 |
| 7 | 111 | Scaggs Vineyard Montage 2013 GSM (Mt. Veeder, Napa Valley) | $54.50 Wine Shop | 6 |
| 8 | 113 | Linquist Family 2021 Arroyo Grande GSM (Central Coast) | $35.00 Winery | 4 |
Pre-tasting wines are shown below (as presented, left to right). The first two wines were from de Négoce, which is a wine négociant, also known as a trading company. The other two wines were introduced to us by Quilt at our February tasting tour in Napa.
| A | de Négoce Lot 303: 2017 Minervois La Liviniere GSM | $16 denegoce.com |
| B | de Négoce Lot 425: 2021 Rockpile Cabernet Sauvignon (Sonoma County) | $21 denegoce.com |
| C | 2018 Belle Glos Pinot Noir “Eulenloch” by Joe Wagner | $54.99 Total Wine |
| D | 2022 Quilt “BBC” (Big Beautiful) Chardonnay | $75.00 Winery |
Along with the tasting, a Mediterranean-style catered dinner was served featuring main dishes of chicken shish kebabs, chicken shawarma, ground beef lavash wraps, and vegetarian falafel. Side dishes will be tabouli and Greek salads, rice pilaf, pita bread, and traditional dips such as baba ghanouj (eggplant) and hummus (garbanzo beans). Andre and Melinda more than kept their promise that “No one will leave hungry”
Individual Votes
| Rank | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Total Points | 83 | 105 | 75 | 113 | 79 | 111 | 89 | 65 |
| Your Name | Btl 1 | Btl 2 | Btl 3 | Btl 4 | Btl 5 | Btl 6 | Btl 7 | Btl 8 |
| Vince | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Laura | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Andre Solomon | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Steve Shank | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Suzi Mills | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Karen C. | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Jim felton | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Diane Gandara | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| DeAtley | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Phyllis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Roberto | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Marjie | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Sandy | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Bette Felton | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Richard Mills | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Lisa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Ed | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Chris Wood | 6 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Steve Smith | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Melinda | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
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