11/15/26 ~ Sales Call/Winemaker tasting/Member tasting (85)

 Sales Call w/ Ashlee H

2022 Mon Trajet Ste Rita Hills 'Bentrock Vineyard' Chardonnay

2023 Richard G Peterson Sta Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir

2023 Vin Perdu Napa Valley Red

2022 Coup de Foudres Calistoga Cab Sauv 'Lightning Bolt'

2022 Amuse Bouche Napa Valley Red

2022 Au Sommet Atlas Peak Cab Sauv

Tasting with the owner/winemaker, Andre Mack - Maison Noir Wines

All wines are Willamette Valley unless otherwise noted.

2023 O.P.P. Pinot Gris

2024 Love Drunk Rose'

2023 O.P.P. Pinot Noir

2020 Horshoes & Handgrenades American Red (Rogue Valley Ore & Red Mountain Wa)

2022 Knock on Wood Chardonnay

2019 Oregogne Chardonnay

2023 Oregogne Pinot Noir

2022 New Noir (Orange wine - Gewurz/PG/Ries/PB/Muskat)

2022 Gamma Ray

2022 Free Gamay

2023 In Sheep's Clothing 'Oregon' Pinot Grigio

2023 In Sheep's Clothing 'Oregon' Pinot Noir

2023 In Sheep's Clothing 'Columbia Valley' Cab Sauv


PNVA member tasting

2018 J McClelland Cellars Petit Verdot (60 bottles produced)

2022 Avinodos 'Coombsville' Cab Sauv ' Celebration Vineyard' (60 bottles produced)

2021 Ch Preuillac - Medoc




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