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The Tasting Room Wines Evaluated Last Month: 302 • Rejected: 257 • Approved: 45 JANUARY 2019 THE TASTING ROOM WINES EVALUATED LAST MONTH: 302 • REJECTED: 257 • APPROVED: 45 Confessions of a Wine Taster Last week, I sat down to write my Instagram posts, Facebook posts, Twitter tweets and Instagram stories. What a digital world we live in. In literally a matter of months, marketing has made dramatic changes. But what I have realized is that marketing is not the clicks and attempts to fool Google…not at all. Though the plethora of consultants that have invaded the digital marketplace is ten times what it was 24 months ago, they all seem to be experts on what buttons to click, yet not on what message to promote. When I explain how this company works and how we get our wines and how we produce the value we do, they revert to what buttons I should be clicking. They don’t get it. So here it is: My job is to find you the best wines I can find for the club you are in. Notice I said MY job, not the job of a panel, not the job of a 1099 employee, not the job of a broker, MY job. My name is on the selections; I take the responsibility. And since I have been tasting each Tuesday (without fail unless I am out of town) for the past 30 years…I think I get it (that was sarcastic…I get it). continued on next page >> Paul Kalemkiarian, Owner/Cellarmaster Membership in the Wine of the Month Club is open to anyone with an @WineoftheMonthClub @WineoftheMonth interest in and appreciation for superb wines... and excellent wine values. Membership is FREE. WINE OF THE MONTH CLUB • 123 W POMONA AVE, MONROVIA, CA 91016 www.wineofthemonthclub.com • 1.800.949.9463 Caption caption caption caption caption caption << continued from previous page I do this for my members. I do this to present the best product for the best value I can find. I do this as a rep- resentation of my family and company. The funny thing is, this club started as (and still is) a service - not a way to sell more bottles, but a way that customers of my father’s store could feel confident when taking the wines of the month to the sales counter. In other words…it was like walking into Palos Verdes Wines and Spirits and saying “What do you recommend, Paul?” We have been rating wines longer than most of the wine periodicals that are famous now. And the difference is that we not only rate, but sell the wines as well. So I ask this question: If you went to the store and bought a high- ly rated wine based on a periodical and you tasted it at home and were not impressed, what would you do? Go back to the store and say, “I don’t agree with the rating and I want my money back”? Not likely… But with me… I will take it back and find you something you DO like. Salud, Paul Kalemkiarian Owner/Cellarmaster Flashback A look back at some stellar selections with Ed Masciana April 1975 Selection of California Wine Zinfandel, 1972. Sutter Home - $3.85/fifth (757 ml) Most people don’t know that Sutter Home was making some of the best Zinfandel in California BEFORE they made White Zinfandel. This one was fabulous, and they still make one of the best, except now it’s under their Terra d’Oro label. April 1975 Selection of Imported Wine Etna Bianco, 1971. Villagrande - $3.79/fifth (757 ml) I was shocked to see this wine featured back in 1975. I didn’t even know where Etna was at the time, but since then I’ve discovered this most unique area in the world of grapes. The vineyards are planted in Sicily on an active volca- no - which makes things not only delicious, but precarious. More interesting is that the E.U. has a special fund for the wineries on Etna. If the volcano erupts and the vineyards are burned at the stake, the fund will help the farmers replant. It’s the only area that is funded like that. Pretty cool. www.wineofthemonthclub.com • 1.800.949.9463 BACKHOUSE 2016 PINOT NOIR 95 points California 13.5 % Alcohol by Volume “ PEE • noh NWAR ” Backhouse is produced by O’Neill Vintners, founded in 2004 COLOR by Jeff O’Neill. His winemaking roots go back to Prohibition. Medium Cherry O’Neill has proven that big isn’t bad, as they craft wine for many of the world’s leading beverage alcohol companies and brand owners. Today, O’Neill Vintners has grown to become the 8th largest U.S. winery and has earned a reputation as one of the NOSE premier custom wine producers in California - or anyplace else. Cotton Candy Winemaker Mark Rasmussen began his career in 1977 and became head winemaker at Sebastiani in 1986. He earned an undergraduate degree from U.C. Berkeley and a graduate PALATE degree in Food Science/Enology from Fresno State University. Cherry, Mint You might say that food and wine is in Mark’s blood and you’d be right. FINISH Mark is the reason we can get a quality Pinot Noir, at this price, from grapes grown in Clarksburg and Lodi. Pinot Noir is a cool- Lovely, Lively Spice climate grape, and these areas are considered not cool enough. Mark, however, knew that the soil in these areas was perfect for Pinot, and used his skill as a grape grower to train the vines so PAIRING that the sun would not sit directly on the grapes and overripen Salmon, Game, Fowl them. This is one of his first efforts, and it is nothing less than stellar. Everything you could want in a great Pinot Noir is here except CELLAR the price. Lilting candy and mint in the nose, sweet/tart cherry Now through 2025 and spice on the palate and a perfect finish just screams for grilled salmon, rack of lamb or duck breast seared with a green peppercorn sauce. Item ID: C0119R1DC MSRP: $15.40 Member Price: $12.48 CLUB SELECTION Reorder Price: $7.99 www.wineofthemonthclub.com • 1.800.949.9463 TASTING NOTES Wine: __________________________________________________________________ Color: ___________________________________ Date _______________________ Tasting Comments: ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Overall Rating: _______________(1-100) www.wineofthemonthclub.com • 1.800.949.9463 SOULSTRUCK 2016 GRENACHE BLANC 98 points Santa Barbara County, California 13.7 % Alcohol by Volume “ gren • NOSH BLONK ” In the 1970s, Walt Babcock, a dentist from Long Beach, California, COLOR purchased a piece of property with his wife, Mona, in the Santa Ynez Valley for future retirement. Then someone came along and Medium Gold told him it could be a nice place to grow grapes. The advice was good, and he took it. Their first full harvest was in 1983, and they shopped their grapes NOSE to a few local winemakers (probably all of 12 at that time). A few White Peach took the chance on an unproven vineyard’s grapes, which led to one of them taking a Gold Medal at the Orange County Fair for their Chardonnay. PALATE So, the Babcocks figured they’d try their hand at winemaking Peach, Lime Zest themselves. Their son, Bryan, was at Occidental College studying Biology and Chemistry at the time, and soon applied to get his master’s in Enology at U.C. Davis. The next vintage is when things FINISH got crazy. Lively Lime 1984 was a vintage where everything ripened at once. None of the local winemakers had time for Walt. I’m imagining Walt’s conversation with his son went something like this: “You’ve got to come here and make the wine now!” And Bryan said, “I haven’t PAIRING graduated.” And Walt said, “Tell that to the grapes.” Seafood, Fowl, And so, it was. And it was good, and it’s been great ever since. Light Meats Bryan has made a mark in the wine industry like few others. He’s created some of the best wines in the state, and our selection is CELLAR right up there. Now through 2022 Grenache Blanc has taken off in this region, and this wine is one of the reasons. Absolutely stunning flavors of stone fruit and grapefruit with a fabulous finish. Item ID: C0119W1DC MSRP: $16.99 Member Price: $12.48 CLUB SELECTION Reorder Price: $6.99 www.wineofthemonthclub.com • 1.800.949.9463 TASTING NOTES Wine: __________________________________________________________________ Color: ___________________________________ Date _______________________ Tasting Comments: ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Overall Rating: _______________(1-100) www.wineofthemonthclub.com • 1.800.949.9463 HESS 97 SHIRTAIL RANCHES points 2016 CABERNET SAUVIGNON North Coast, California 13.5 % Alcohol by Volume “ CAB • burr • NAY SAW • veen • YON “ If I had to pick one word to describe the Hess Winery in Napa COLOR Valley, it would have to be historic. The building that houses the Medium Magenta winery was built in 1900. The vineyards had been planted a few years before that – in the late 1800s. That’s early for California winemaking! NOSE The winery building (now a historical monument) was sold to Violets, Sweet Cherry the Christian Brothers in 1930 and became the headquarters for Brother Timothy, one of the most renowned winemakers in the state. Little did they know then that the hallowed ground on which they planted grapes would later be called Mount PALATE Veeder, one of the most revered appellations in Napa. Rich Berry, Spice For over 50 years, Brother Timothy and his “band of Brothers” dazzled the wine trade with their outstanding wines.
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