As I sit here prepared to write my last newsletter, it's with a great
deal of pleasure that I'm going to be reporting a meeting that was
absolutely exquisite. Peg and Art provided a beautiful day and deck.
This in combination with Pennee's fabulous selection of Bordeaux
wines. From start to finish the wines were everything I had hoped
they would be. I'm sure Penny suffered greatly while doing all of the
pre tasting that this meeting required and I applaud her for her
sacrifice for the greater good of our group.
Number
Wine
Price
Votes
1
Chateau Prieure-Lichine Margaux
49.99
0
2
Amiral de Beychevelle Saint-Julien
24.99
7
3
Fugues de Nenin Pomerol (significant bottle variation was observed)
25.99
6
4
Chateau Grand Puy-Lacoste Pauillac
59.99
12
5
Chateau Haut-Beausejour Saint-Estephe
43.99
6
6
Chateau Plaisance Saint-Emilion
24.99
7
Our December Champagne Gala will be at the home of Richard and
Carmine Blosveren. Please call them to
RSVP by Thursday, December 11th. Remember to bring your very
best dish for the table and we can kick off the holiday season in
high style and great spirits. John Landon is busy as I write,
laboring through dozens of sparkly wines so he can be sure to bring
us yet another wonderful lineup.
Our wine basket fund raiser to benefit the Ham Mowbray Scholarship
Fund has been a bigger success than last year! We have twenty member
families participating this year. We will be drawing for five baskets
of 5 wine bottles each, the Chesapeake Seafood basket Dean and I have
donated and then, to top it off, Jennifer will be donating a HUGE
bottle of fine Chianti that will be decked out in some of my dichroic
jewelry. So, with seven great prizes (not to mention the plants Emily
is regifting us with) your odds to win are one in three!
Remember that we will be paying our dues at December's meeting. So if
you aren't going to be there, please mail a check to: CCAWS, 17
Ridge Road, Westminster, MD. 21157. Once the roster is updated
near the end of January, it may not be amended until the following
January. We're volunteers. We have lives, you know.
ADDENDUM - From Emily Johnston:
I am bringing a dozen cedar seedlings, volunteers, in hopes of
finding them homes. These are the trees we have planted as a
windbreak and snowfence along our lane. They tend to grow up but not
out, making them ideal fence material.
Please note that while my tenure as chairperson has expired, Dean
will continue to function as WEBMASTER. Please forward any wine
research, news or potential-member email addresses to him at hams1@adelphia.net.
Here's to the corkscrew - a useful key to unlock
the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter,
the front door of fellowship, and the gate of
pleasant folly.
-
W.E.P. FRENCH
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