it’s true that good things come in small packages…

Until a couple of months ago, I had never heard of decanting and re-packaging wine into a small, sample-sized bottle for tasting.  My first thought was – what would that do to the wine?  How could you possibly preserve the integrity of a wine, whether newly bottled or with some age on it, in a little sample?  TastingRoom Inc  has come up with a way to do just that, and has a very high-tech system in place to decant wine into an adorable, 50 ml sample-size bottle.  Their easy-to-remember acronym for this process is:  T.A.S.T.E  ( for Total Anaerobic Sample Transfer Environment, cool, huh?).  The fine folks from TastingRoom, Inc. came out to De Loach Vineyards last month and spent several days decanting our Pinot noirs into tasting kits, available for sale in the De Loach Vineyards tasting room.

These kits are a great concept, perfect for anyone who wants to try out different Pinot noirs without spending a lot (and these days, we all are trying to spend  money wisely).   Now you can swirl, sip and savor 6 different vineyard-designate Pinot noirs, find the one (or 2 or 3 or 4!) you like, and later purchase a full-sized bottle, knowing  that you’ll get exactly what you tasted in your kit.

Our new "Vineyards Selections" Tasting Kit!

 We think it’s a great idea and are proud to be part of something not only innovative but practical and fun, all at the same time.

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