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Saturday Tastings

Complimentary Wine Tastings Every Saturday 12Noon - 4:00pm

SUN-SATIONAL COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING SATURDAY OCTOBER 25TH FROM 12NOON TO 4PM!!

Greetings my friendly fellow tasters! So today’s Saturday 25th tasting is about French grapes…Or is it? I will let you decide and we can talk about it! We’ll start with a Kosher Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand followed by a Semillon from Australia - Hunter Valley to be precise! Now the third wine is from France, (finally) an elegant and silky Cabernet Franc from the Bourgeuil appelation that is dear to me beside the Rhone wines… And we finish the tasting with a Roederer Estate Sparkling Wine, which tastes just like a Champagne… It is not a Champagne, but made by subsidiary of the famous French Chamapgne House… All that can be pretty confusing, right?
Come over and we’ll talk about it!
Sincerely,
Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL COMPLIMENMTARY WINE TASTING SATURDAY OCTOBER 18TH 2025 FROM 12NOON TO FOURPM

Greetings wine tasters! For This Saturday tasting you need to brush up on your geography from Europe! We’ll travel to Macedonia in Greece, we’ll be tasting ATMA, a delicious crisp Assyrtiko, then we’ll go to Italy in the Abbruzzi and we’ll be tasting a Pecorino, to go back to the Peloponnese in Greece and taste Semeli Mountain Sun Red calling for Mediterranean food…MMmmmm…! We’ll end or Tasting with 12Knights a voluptuous red blend from Portugal.

Enjoy!
Votre Serviteur,
Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING OCTOBER 11TH 2025 FROM 12NOON TO 4PM

Hello Dear Fellow Tasters!
Follwing a mix up with the schedule we will not be tasting what I announced last week. But we still have a very very nice one this Saturday! All from the coastal states - California, Oregon, and Washington. We’ll start with a lovely Chenin Blanc from Matanza Creek Winery, followed by a superb Grenache Blanc made by Ridge Winery. Quite a treat! Next, a newcomer for SunSinger: the Siduri Pinot Noir, from Willamette Valley; we’ll finish with the Matthews Cabernet Sauvignon with all its lusciouness…
Sincerely,

Laurent


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Rick Carbaugh
COMPLIMENTARY SUN-SATIONAL WINE TASTING SATURDAY OCTOBER 4TH 2025 FROM 12NOON TO 4PM

Greetings my fellows tasters! First and foremost, this Saturdays tasting will start with a delicious Rose from Anjou in France. I picked it especially for sweet wine and Rose lovers! It is a soft wine with a delicious mid palate… bursting with fruits! The second wine is a mid-range Pinot Noir made by Angeline winery. Thirdly, we’ll continue our yearly tradition with a red blend from Wisconsin called the Witches Brew. Followed up by a pumpkin HARD cider made by One Tree winery in Washington State. Lastly, we’ll finish with the Hallowine from Door Peninsula served Warm!
Just to give you a sneak peek for next week… the tasting will be made of more substantial wines… Sancerre, Brunello, Cote Rotie and Premier Cru Champagne…!
Votre Serviteur,
Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
COMPLIMENTARY SUN-SATIONAL WINE TASTING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27TH 2025 FROM 12NOON TO FOURPM

Greetings my fellow tasters! Homecoming and football games are a stiff competition we can’t fight, so we decided to have the tasting last a little longer on Saturday ervening, and composed of friendly values. We’ll start with the Austin Hope “Austin” Chardonnay from Paso Robles in California followed by the Bergerac Rose from France ; the third item is the Montebuena from Rioja in Spain and we’’ll finish with the Criss Cross Petite Syrah from Clarksburg in California. A bientot! Votre Serviteur,

Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
COMPLIMENTARY SUN-SATIONAL WINE TASTING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH 2025 FROM 12NOON TO FOUR PM

Hello my friendly Wine Tasters! So…today we have Italian wines!! Or do we?? Our tasting includes two Italians wine from Italy and…two Italian varietals from… Chile! Yep!! We’ll start with a Vermentino made by the Gillmore Winery in the Loncomilla Valle, followed by a Nero D’Avola from Sicily made by Donna Fugata; then we sail back to the Continent to taste a very nice Barbera d’Asti. We’ll finally end the tasting with a superb Aglianico from Gillmore Winery -again- in the Loncomilla Valley. Brace your tastebuds ! Cheers!
Votre Serviteur,
Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH 2025 FROM 12NOON TO 4PM !!!!

Greetings my fellow tasters!
For this Saturday we’ll have a fun tasting starting with a lively Chardonnay coming from Santa Barbara - lush, fruity and well balanced - followed by the delicious Trimbach Riesling from Alsace Then, we’ll start our red wines with Black Slate from Porrera Vi de Vila - dry, with dusty tannins, from the Priorat appelation - and we’ll finish our tasting with the Textbook Reserve Cabernet from Napa Valley bringing lots of lushiness, black fruits, balanced tannins… Simply Superb! Also I would like to bring your attention that next week’s tasting should include a Brunello, a Burgundy from the Rully Appelation, and the JM Gobillard & Fils Champagne Premier Cru.

A Votre Sante ! Votre Serviteur, Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN -SATIONAL COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH 2025 FROM 12-NOON TO 4PM !!!!!

Greetings my fellow Taster! Fall is slowly but surely moving forward and we’ll have to adjust. I don’t know about you but I am not ready… I am still longing for a peaceful moment on my back patio drinking some white or Rose! Therefore we’ll start with an interesting white blend from ABC winery in Santa Barbara County, a blend of Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc; then we’ll try the Peyrassol Rose, whose vineyard is located between my native town, Marseille and Cannes. Following is a juicy Montepulciano d’Abbruzzo, and we'll finish with an organic Chianti : Fontella that is as good as it is affordable. A votre Sante!
Votre Serviteur, Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING SATURDAY 30TH OF AUGUST 2025 FROM 12-NOON TO FOUR PM !!

Greetings my friends! Yes! for today’s tasting, Saturday, we’ll be having… a beer! But… we’ll start with a Verdejo from the Rueda appelation quite tasty, then we’ll have a Rose from Brignolles in Provence, whose vines are planted so close to the Mediterranean sea they almost taste and smell like pebbles and sea salt. After that Punto Final will be our Red de Rigueur today. It is quite a Malbec; finally…Yes! We’ll finish that tasting with a Beer! Sacrilege! But it is quite a beer and we are not afraid to try something that rich and well aged.

Votre Serviteur,
Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING AUGUST 23RD FROM 12-NOON TO FOUR PM !!!!

Hello my fellow tasters! On this Saturday we have four approchable, budget friendly wines, very palatable: a classic Piniot Grigio from Venezie; a very interesting Chardonnay made by Harken Winery; and a Remole we had in the past, which is still a great value and of great taste. M100 Cabernet Sauvignon from Washington State and its lusciouness will close our tasting. A Votre Sante!

Votre Serviteur, Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL COMPLIMENTARY WINE TASTING AUG 16TH FROM 12-NOON TO FOUR PM!!

Bonjour a tous, fellow tasters! Today we’re having some real Champagne !!! Yes!! We’ll start with a Chardonnay from Peju Winery, then we’ll taste the Brut Champagne from the Gobillart House of Champagne, followed by a fruity, elegant Pinot Noir from Truchard Winery in Carneros. We’ll end this tasting with a Bordeaux Blend from the Bergerac Appellation. A votre Sante ! Votre Serviteur,
Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL WINE TASTING SATURDAY AUGUST 9TH FROM 12-NOON TO FOUR PM !

Greetings my friends! What a beautiful and warm weekend we’re having in Champoo-Banana, as they used to call it. For tomorrow’s tasting, we’ll start with two wines from the Russian River Valley in Sonoma: a Chardonnay “crafted” by Atelier Winery, classy and elegant, followed by the medium body Willowbrook Pinot Noir; then we’ll have a Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina called Tonel 46; we’ll finish with the last of our Italian “Moscato Series” made for cocktails, by Santero Winery, flavored with Pineapple. Perfect drink for an easy Sunset evening.

A Votre Sante ! Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL WINE TASTING AUGUST 2nd 2025 FROM NOON TO FOUR PM

Greetings my friends and fellow tasters! For this Saturday, we are only tasting Italians Wines…Nice right? We’ll start with a wine from the Gavi appellation; followed by a red blend of Barbera and Dolcetto grapes, then a Primitivo. Have you tried a Primitivo before? If not, you should join us and taste this full bodied rich and smooth one…It is just “delicioso”! To finish, we’ll try another wine from the Santero Winery with a Moscato and Mango mix. Mamma Mia!

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Rick Carbaugh
SUN-SATIONAL SATURDAY WINE TASTING JULY 26TH FROM 12NOON TO FOUR PM

Greetings my fellow tasters! We’ll taste four wines for the last Saturday of July that are appropriate for the season; we’ll start with a trendy classy dry elegant Rose made by Scott McLeod for Skywalker Winery (Yes! THE Skywalker!), made in Provence, and we’ll finish with a sweet peachy Moscato from Italy, mmmmm…..!!!! In between we’ll have a dry fruity Rioja with the Marques de Riscal, followed by Parducci Petite Sirah, both calling for grilled ribs, steak and vegetables… Enjoy folks!

Votre Serviteur, Laurent

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Rick Carbaugh