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Sep-19-09 San Jose State vs. Stanford Potluck Assignments
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News

Welcome to ChateauGarage.com, a

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Web site by amateur winemakers dedicated to the amateur winemaker, amateur wine drinker, amateur wine taster, amateur wine buyer, and … did I say amateur wine drinker?

In other words, the fun associated with wine making, evaluation and consumption…all on an amateur level, of course!

Having a little fun, with wine, is a main reason for this site.  The key word here is “fun.”   Fun, as in no wine snobbery here. Some of the best advice we ever heard about enjoying wine is this:

“Pop the cork and lap it up!”


These are the words of Roy Brady, an editor of Wine World  magazine, taken from an interview in 1973 with one of Chateau Garage’s wine makers as part of a college course at USC.

Chateau Garage bags two golds

Attention SJSU Corner Cypress Wine Tasters.

2011 SJSU  Football Schedule
(Tasting location click
here.
Wines should be 2006 or younger.
All games shown FYI.)

  • Sat, Sep 03, Stanford at Stanford, Calif.   2:00 p.m. - Tasted Zinfandel
  • Sat, Sep 10, UCLA at Pasadena, Calif.   7:00 p.m.
  • Sat, Sep 17, Nevada * Spartan Stadium  1:00 p.m. - Tasting Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sat, Sep 24, New Mexico State * Spartan Stadium  1:00 p.m. - Tasting Pinot Grigio
  • Sat, Oct 01, Colorado State at Fort Collins, Colo.  2:00 p.m.
  • Sat, Oct 08, Brigham Young at Provo, Utah  TBA
  • Fri, Oct 14, Hawai'i (Homecoming) * Spartan Stadium  6:00 p.m. -  Tasting Chardonnay
  • Sat, Oct 29, Louisiana Tech * at Ruston, La.  3:00 p.m.
  • Sat, Nov 05, Idaho * Spartan Stadium  1:00 p.m. - Tasting Pinot Noir
  • Sat, Nov 12, Utah State * at Logan, Utah  1:00 p.m.
  • Sat, Nov 19, Navy Spartan Stadium  1:00 p.m. - Tasting Cabernet Sauvignon >Details
  • Sat, Nov 26, Fresno State * at Fresno, Calif.   5:00 p.m. Tasting Syrah

and a double gold!
Chateau Garage results from the 2008 San Joaquin County Fair Wine Competition.

  • '06 Cabernet - Honorable Mention
  • '05 Cabernet - Bronze
  • '05 Malbec - Silver
  • '06 Sangiovese - Gold / Best of Class

Chateau Garage results from the 2008 Orange County Fair Wine Competition.:

  • '06 Chardonnay - Bronze
  • ‘05 Cabernet - Silver
  • '06 Cabernet - Gold
  • '06 Sangiovese - Double Gold
  • '04 Syrah - Bronze
  • '05 Malbec - Bronze

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