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pick Bergevin Lane
Devoted wine enthusiasts scored a 2004 Bergevin Lane syrah from Wahluke Slope as their favorite among five distinctively different syrah varietal wines selected for the club's third tasting event in support of Rotary Wine Industry scholarships. This was the first blind tasting in which the participants selected their favorites and then learned which varietal and vintage they had chosen. The Walla Walla wine scored 15.26 of a possible 20 points on the exclusive Oscar D. Canter rating system. Bergevin Lane Vineyards is operated by Ann Bergevin and Amber Lane and was a popular stop in the September 2006 Tour de Grace to Walla Walla sponsored by Grace Town Vineyards. Tour participants were treated to a tasting at the winery as well as a tour of the crush and production under way at the time. This November blind tasting was sponsored by the Grace Town Vineyards, Alexa's Catering and Grace Provisional Rotary Club. The 2003 Chateau Ste. Michelle syrah from Cold Creek Vineyards placed second, scoring 14.76 points. The 2004 Mark Ryan syrah named "Wild-Eyed" by the Woodinville winery, scored 14.03 A rare 2003 Cayuse en cerise vineyard syrah earned 12.56 points and the 2001 Apex syrah from Yakima Valley scored 12 points. Guests Jeff and Shannon Savage won the opportunity to receive the additional Ste. Michelle bottle donated for the evening. Others selecting a syrah for later tasting were Tana Baumler, Leigh Brink, Lisa Visse and Dottie Greenwood ( photo below). Roger Martindill's efforts to secure a sample of the syrahs went unfulfilled. Proceeds from these twice-yearly tastings, from Woodinville Wine Country support of Rotary Wine'n Shine charity event, and the offering of an extremely limited production of Reckonyard Gold pinot noir wine from Grace's own vineyards are used to provide scholarships at the Viticulture & Enology Instituted at Walla Walla Community College.
The blind tasting was the third Rotary Wine Tasting for Scholarships and was staged at the beautiful, homey Monte Villa Farmhouse in the North Creek Valley connecting Woodinville and Bothell. Our many thanks to Leigh and Gretchen of Alexa's Catering for a scrumptious post-tasting dinner of beef tenderloin fillet . . . a just dessert for the taste-weary participants. Staff
for the occasion included Grace Town Vineyards proprietor Gustav T.
Williger, associate viticulturalist and scholarship recipient Catherine
Hinken-Jones, cellarmaster Larry Duffield and publicist Hugo B. Jonsen.
Professor Oswald D. Canter of the enology department of Grace Remedial
Institute of Technology (GRIT) was present in spirit. A
fourth-such event is being contemplated for late winter or early spring
of 2007. Considerable discussion was held following the formal proceedings as to a repeat Tour de Grace adventure to Walla Walla in September of 2007. A Thursday through Sunday was again encouraged, possibly September 20-23. Four couples asked to have their names placed on a pre-registration list. The tour is limited to 16.
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