Good Morning!

Today, I will walk you through my second 16 wines. Yesterday, I put all the eliminated wines in red font for you to easily see, but for some reason it did not look like I had hoped so I hope the * signs pops out and you can easily tell who was sent home.

1. Merry Edwards Coopersmith Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007
2. Mantanzas Creek Fume Blanc 2007 *
3. Dry Creek Vineyard Beeson Ranch Zinfandel 2007
4. Frog’s Leap Napa Valley Zinfandel 2008 *
5. Rochioli Russian River Pinot Noir 2006
6. Rex Hill Willamette Valley Pinot Gris 2009 *
7. Stag’s Leap Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2008 *
8. Lawson’s Dry Hills Marlborough Pinot Gris 2008
9. Casa de Valle Grande Escolha Vinho Verde 2008 *
10. Wakefield Estate Clare Valley Australia Chardonnay 2007
11. Domaine Barraud Alliance Pouilly Fuisse 2008 *
12. Peter Mitchell Sonoma County Mon Plaisir Chardonnay 2008
13. Marcassin Vineyard Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2004
14.Kosta Brown Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2008 *
15. Williams Selyem Allen Vineyard Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2008
16. Martin Ray Rutherford Sauvignon Blanc 2009 *

With these picks the first round is over leaving us with 8 wines to compete and here is how this round ended up.

1. Merry Edwards Coopersmith Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007

3. Dry Creek Vineyard Beeson Ranch Zinfandel 2007 *

5. Rochioli Russian River Pinot Noir 2006

8. Lawson’s Dry Hills Marlborough Pinot Gris 2008 *

10. Wakefield Estate Clare Valley Australia Chardonnay 2007 *

12. Peter Mitchell Sonoma County Mon Plaisir Chardonnay 2008

13. Marcassin Vineyard Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2004*

15. Williams Selyem Allen Vineyard Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2008

Which brings us to the final 4 wines that will move on to the March Madness of Wine’s Sweet 16…

1. Merry Edwards Coopersmith Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007

5. Rochioli Russian River Pinot Noir 2006

12. Peter Mitchell Sonoma County Mon Plaisir Chardonnay 2008

15. Williams Selyem Allen Vineyard Russian River Valley Pinot Noir 2008

Tomorrow, I will show you how region 3 unfolded and remember it was the region with all white wines. I hope today was WAY easier to understand than yesterday’s results from region 1.

Much LOVE and wine,

Tammi