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

Attention SJSU Corner Cypress Wine Tasters.

2009 SJSU  Football Schedule
(Tasting location, except Stanford,
click
here)

  • Sat.,  Sep 12, Utah - 7:30 pm Tasting: Sparkling - Tasting results
  • Sat, Sep 19 - at Stanford - 6 pm
    Tasting : mid-priced Cabernet, $20 and up, no older than 2002 -
    Tasting results.
  • Sat., Sep. 26 - Cal Poly - 5 pm ; (No Tasting)
  • Sat., Oct. 10 - Idaho - Homecoming - 5 pm - Tasting: mid-priced Chardonnay, $15 and up, no older than 2003. Tasting results.
  • Sunday, Nov. 8 - Nevada - 5:30 pm, Tasting: Syrah, $15 and up, no older than 2003. Tasting results.
  • Sat., Nov. 21 -  Hawai'i - 5 pm
    Tasting: Pinot Grigio (aka Pinot Gris), $10 and up, no older than 2007.
  • Sat., Nov. 28 - New Mexico State - 5:00 pm, Tasting:  mid-priced Pinot Noir, $20 and up, no older than 2003

Welcome to ChateauGarage.com, a 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 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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Check here for Marc’s  latest tasting notes and ruminations.

 

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