On July 17, 2008, we celebrated our 2nd Annual West Institute Appreciation Dinner at The Hilltop Winery with a blind white chardonnay tasting and a pick your own red to go!In addition to the pick your wine option, we did a special vertical tasting of Caymus wines which included:
- 1983 Caymus “Estate Bottleld”
- 1985 Caymus “Cuvee”
- 1985 Caymus “Estate Bottled”
- 1988 Caymus “Napa”
- 1990 Caymus “Napa”
And, a special addition: 1989 Caymus “Special Section.”
The wines were incredible. By the looks of one of the pictures in the slideshow, you can see we picked at least a couple of Silver Oak's and had to try the Frazier again, this time at the magnum level.
Gary was our chairman this year and we had a couple of special guests, Marianne from the West Board and our special friend Rich representing the DC crowd.
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the dinner we had after the wine reception at one of our favorite restaurants, in Santa Monica, called Sam's By the Beach.
All had a great time and I hope you enjoy the pictures!
For a slideshow of the evening click HERE.
