City Cellar Wine tasting

Hey all.

On monday Feb 1st we went to city wine cellar for their 1/2 price bottles. We had a bunch of wines, but loved the 2006 napanook meritage and the 1998 simard right bank bordeaux, which was so goo that I found it and bought 4 bottles for my own collection. We also had the 2001 marques de caceres gran rioja, which was very good too, and the 2004 campaccio IGT.

thats it for now.

Long Island Wineries

Hey everyone,

Today we had a great day out east at 3 wineries: Shinn Estate, Lieb Cellars, and Baiting Hollow.

Shinn:

Here we had a guided tour through the vineyard, under the beautiful sun. We learned about wine making from the vineyard owner, and how the grapes are raised. Shinn practices bio dynamic style production, which is like super organic, and is working towards being officially certified as such. We were able to taste the grapes right off the vines (yummy) and learned about the trip they take to get to the bottle (and then our glasses!). The wines we tasted there were crisp and interesting, and overall well balanced, if on the simple side.

Lieb:

Here we did a reserve tasting. The wines were crisp and refreshing. Surprisingly we favored the whites. Some people picked up some cheese and we enjoyed the glorious weather and ate lunch outside.

Baiting Hollow:

We arrived to a music performance on their outside porch. We waited to taste 6 wines (they were very busy, which was our first good sign). We began with a great white, an interesting (different, if not amazing rose) and a few meh reds. We had a corked wine too, that was mostly drank (no one else caught it, even took us a while, since we had never had a corked bottle before, but alerting the staff got us a complimentary taste!) And we ended with a great dessert wine (albeit pricy, but still got 2 bottles!) that tasted to me like rhubarb strawberry/raspberry pie!

All and all a great day! Aren't you sad you missed it!

How we score our wine

We will score our wine using the folling criteria and point allocations:
Clarity (0-2)
Color (0-2)
Aroma/Bouquet (0-6)
body (0-3)
Tannins (0-4)
Acid (0-4)
Sugars (0-3)
Attack (0-5)
Mid-palate (0-5)
Finish (0-5)
Balance (0-3)
Appeal (0-2)
Overall (0-6)

with a total possible score of 50. when added to a base score of 50 we have a 100 point range for our tastings, yeilding the folowing ranges:

Poor 0-8 50-58
Fair 9-17 59-67
Average 18-26 68-76
Good 27-35 77-85
Very Good 36-41 86-91
Exceptional 42-46 92-96
Superior 47-50 97-100


Tastings to follow soon....

Mission Statement

The mission of the Hofstra Law Wine and Food Club (HLWFC) is for the Hofstra Law community to develop a greater understanding, knowledge, and appreciation of all things oenology (wine) related. Wine is one of the world’s oldest beverages and an appreciation of wine and pursuit of greater wine knowledge and experience will give Hofstra Law students the opportunity to expand their horizons and worldly knowledge. Not only is wine a fascinating beverage to be enjoyed and collected, it evokes a sense of world diversity and perspective. A greater wine knowledge can also be an avenue for office place and job advancement as wine connoisseurs and aficionados fill the Law world. These objectives will be achieved through tastings, educational seminars, and discussions focusing on wine related topics from growing, to regional and varietal differences and similarities, food pairings, and even the maintenance of a Hofstra Wine scoring pamphlet and blog.