Sarasoa Vineyard - Weekly Wine Tasting

On Thursdays, there is a free tasting at Sarasota Vineyard in downtown Sarasota.  If you've not been down, it is definitely worth checking out.  Around 80 wines are available in 3 different tasting sizes (taste, half and regular pour) as well as a selection of beers, great food and a good selection of wines available for retail purchase.  The wines are kept using the Enomatic wine serving system which uses an inert gas to preserve the wines once opened and electronic measuring control.  Pretty cool!

So last night there were 4 wines available at the tasting:

2008 Tierra del Fuego Sauvignon Blanc (Chile) - crisp acidity with notes of grapefruit, lemon zest and a medium body this was a good start.

2007 Isolda Viura (Navarra, Spain) - This was an interesting white that seemed to have a bit of musty earthiness to it.  Not a lot of fruit was present and definitely was my least favorie of the evening.

2006 Campus Oaks Zinfandel (Lodi, California) - This was a medium weight zinfandel, with a great balance of black cherry fruit and pepper spiciness.

2006 Greenwood Ridge Pinot Noir (Mendocino, California) - Lots of dark red fruit with a good bit of earthiness.

There was a good, but not large crowd of people there for the tasting and most also picked up a wine card to try some of the other wines available.  So, if you are free between 5:30 and 7:30 on Thursdays, I would recommend checking them out.

Cheers!