Yet another update on our upcoming Jimsomare Virtual Vertical: Melissa Baker, Tasting Room Manager at Ridge Lytton Springs, has very kindly offered to host a parallel Virtual Vertical Tasting of Jimsomare on Twitter! The whole event will take place, as noted in an earlier post, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 7-9. To find it on Twitter, use the following: #Jimsomare. And of course you can opt to participate here on our blog as well. Mainly, get your Jimsomare out, get your notebook and pen ready, and prepare to taste!
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Jimsomare Virtual Vertical On TWITTER!
July 31, 2009The Jimsomare Virtual Vertical Is ON!
July 23, 2009The First Official Ridge Vineyards Jimsomare Designation Virtual Vertical!
August 7th, 8th, & 9th
So, the Jimsomare Virtual Vertical is officially ON! With a few modifications … See below for the Problem/Solution Matrix:
Problem: It’s been very difficult to find one day that every interested party can be available for.
Solution: A 3-day Virtual Vertical!
Problem: Lots of folks interested who don’t actually have any Jimsomare.
Solution: We’ll do the Virtual Vertical the same weekend Program Members can pick up the new 2007!
(Hopefully, this will mitigate at least a couple nagging problems. )
Now, here’s the MO; basically, on this weekend in question, which is August 7th, 8th, & 9th, your job is to open and taste a bottle of Jimsomare. Then, you need to write tasting notes. Then, you need to send them to me, via a comment on The Jimsomare Virtual Vertical Post which will go live the morning of the 7th. By the end of the weekend, we should have a great roster of responses, and a great look into the world of Jimsomare!
Jimsomare “Virtual Vertical”: It’s Time To Set The Day!
June 8, 2009Ok, we’ve definitely assembled a great group of tasters for our Jimsomare “Virtual Vertical,” now it’s time to set a day. I’ve had one person specifically suggest one so far, so I’ll start there; how does everyone feel about July5th? I don’t want to set a specific time, because if everyone participates who has expressed interest, we’ll have tasters from the East Coast, from Japan, and from Australia! And of course the time changes would then be problematic. So, we’re just going to set the day. July 5th anyone?
Here’s a couple other symbolic ideas:
–Since the 2007 vintage of Jimsomare has 14.7 alcohol, we could taste on 7.14? (July 14th)
–Since the acreage at Jimsomare is 6.25 acres, we could taste on 6.25? (June 25th)
–Since there were only 17 barrels produced of the 2007 Jimsomare, we could taste on the 17th of any month?
–Since Robert Parker once wrote, “One of the greatest old Zinfandels I ever tasted was the 1970 Jimsomare,” and since the 1970 Jimsomare was bottle in ’73, we could taste on 7.3? (July 3rd)
Ok tasters, pick a date, any date, I’m getting thirsty!
And if you don’t remember the original invitation and description of the Jimsomare “Virtual Vertical”, or if you’re still on the fence about deciding to participate, here is the original post:
http://blog.ridgewine.com/2009/05/14/the-ensnare-of-jimsomare-a-vertical-proposition/
Jimsomare “Virtual Vertical” Update!
May 20, 2009Greetings all!
We’ve lined up a pretty great roster of participants for our Jimsomare “Virtual Vertical” to date, but I want to extend the invitation one last time before we commit. If you’ve got some Jimsomare in your cellar, and you’d like to join us for a virtual group taste-and-share, let me know asap, the event looms!
CW
