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Attention SJSU Corner Cypress Wine Tasters.
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2008 SJSU Football Schedule
- Sat., Aug. 30-UC Davis - 5 pm Tasting: Chardonnay
Tasting results click here
- Sat., Sep. 13 - San Diego State - 5 p.m. ; Tasting:
Syrah/Shiraz
- Sat, Sep 20 - at Stanford
Tasting: Central Calif. Pinot
vs. Oregon/Wash. Pinot
(Tasting location, click here)
- Sat., Oct. 11 - Utah State - Homecoming - 5 p.m.
- Fri., Oct. 24 - Boise State - 6 p.m., televised on ESPN2
Tasting: Grenache
Tasting results click here
- Sat., Nov. 8 - Louisiana Tech - 5 p.m. Tasting: Sauvignon
Blanc (Tasting location, click here)
- Fri., Nov. 21 - Fresno State - 6:30 p.m., televised on ESPN2
Tasting: Sparkling
(Tasting location, click here)
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USC/Stanford
- Sat. Nov. 15 - 4:00 p.m.
- Tasting: Burgundy vs. Pinot Noir: Old World vs. New World (Europe vs. California/Oregon/Washington/ New Zealand,
etc.). >Details
- Tasting results, click here
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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?
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2007 SJSU/New Mexico Tasting
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Results from this year’s Pinot Noir tasting will be posted soon.
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2007 SJSU/Hawaii Tasting
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Results from this year’s Chardonnay tasting have been posted here.
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2007 SJSU/UC Davis Tasting
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Results from this year’s Chianti tasting have been posted here.
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2007 SJSU/Stanford Tasting
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Results from this year’s South American Cabernet
tasting have been posted here.
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2006 USC/Stanford Tasting
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Results from last year’s Zinfandel
tasting have been posted here.
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In other words, the fun associat ed with wine making, evaluati on and consum ption…a ll 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:
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“Pop the cork and lap it up!”
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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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