AWS 2016

Thank you for attending my tasting seminars at
The American Wine Society National Conference 2016
in Costa Mesa, California

The following wines were presented

White Blends Friday 4 November 2016

Boschendal Chardonnay/Pinot Noir 2015 (b)
DeMorgenzon Maestro White 2014 (a)
Dornier Donatus White 2014 (c)
Botanica Chenin Blanc 2013 (d)

Voting on the white wines: DeMorgenzon won by the narrowest margin of one point more then the Dornier. Unfortunately the Botanica was oxidised.


Red Blends Saturday 5 November 2016

Noble Hill Estate Blend 2012 (c)
Glenelly Estate Reserve Red 2011 (a)
Kanonkop Kadette 2014 (a)
Bellingham Pinopasso 2014 (b)
FRAM Pinotage 2012 - website (d)
- Jancis Robinson's review of Fram Pinotage 2012 is here

Voting on the red wines: Pinopasso and Fram Pinotage were equal winners both with exactly the same points.

Neither tasting would have been possible without the generosity and support of the following donors:-

Sean Coetzee - Cape Classics (a)
Alister Glen - DGB (b)
Jack Marsh - Invoer (c)
Pascal Schildt - PASCAL/SCHILDT (d)

To find the retailer of each wine nearest to you use www.winesearcher.com or contact the above donors.

AWS Members wanting copies of my PowerPoint presentation for their own tastings may contact me
by email   peter (at) pinotage (dot) org or peter (at) winelabels (dot) org --- note org and not com

I welcome all questions and feedback and I thank you for choosing  to attend my sessions.