Next Meeting:
 Wednesday, August 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Place:
 Oak Knoll Winery
Subject:
 Mini Chard Tasting and Review of the Upcoming Crush.
Food:
 Ken & Barb

Amateur Wine Competitions - 2010

Congratulations to WSWC members for an outstanding showing. WSWC dominates again.

WSWC winners from the Washington County Fair:
Pinot Gris- 1st John Hooson; 2nd Don Hoffard.
Riesling- 1st and Best of Show white wine Don Hoffard; 2nd John Hooson.
Viognier- 2nd Barb Thompson.
Pinot Noir- 1st Barb Thompson; 2nd Don Robinson; 3rd Ken Stinger.
Cab Sauvignon- 1st Craig Bush; 2nd Mike Smolak; 3rd Ken Stinger.
Syrah- 1st Barb Thompson; 2nd Sammy Nachimuthu; 3rd Don Hoffard.
Bordeaux Blends- 1st and Best of show red wine Barb Thompson; 2nd Barb Thompson; 3rd John Hooson.
Other Red- 3rd Rick Kipper
Mindy Bush won 1st, 2nd and 3rd for her wine label designs


A complete list of winners from The Clark County Fair is available at:
Website:http://baderbrewing.com/store/product.php?productid=23234&cat=406&page=1

WSWC winners are:
Pinot Noir- Blue- Ken Stinger, Don Robinson / Jon Kahrs; White- Jon Kahrs. Barbera- Blue- Mike Smolak.
Pinot Gris- Blue- Ken Stinger.
Cabernet Sauvignon- Blue- Don Hoffard, Ken Stinger; White- Mike Smolak.
Dolcetto- Blue- Jon Kahrs
Syrah- Blue- Rick Kipper
White- Sammy Nachimuthu
Chardonnay- Blue- Mike Smolak.
Sangiovese- Red- Rick Kipper; White- John Hooson.
Merlot- White- Sripriya Subramanian.

New Club Indemnity Waiver
Seeking legal advice on the issue of liability, Board Officers met with a liability attorney. We discovered the most effective way to reduce liability risk in organizations such as ours was to have every board member and any event host take the time to review and set the liability portion of their Homeowners Insurance policy to at least $500,000. In addition, we were advised to have all members (and guests at hosted events) sign a Release of Liability Waiver Form (see links below). The club will commence this process starting with the upcoming summer picnic on Sunday, July 20th. This waiver will be required for attendance. Our eventual goal will be to have the waiver signed only once every year, typically upon the annual payment of dues by the membership. We?re hoping to keep this as simple as possible. We appreciate your understanding and support on this matter.

Click Here to Open and Print the Waiver for signing.
Indemnity Waiver

Click Here read an explaination of the Waiver.
Waiver Explained

Club Tasting Score Sheets
Print your own Club tasting score sheets prior to coming to the meeting. Click on the link below and choose between the one or two wines per page format, depending on how many notes to the winemaker you plan to write. Print out enough sheets to judge 10 wines.

Club Yahoo Chat Room
Join our Club Yahoo site to post messages to club members. Click on the link below.

Newport Amateur Wine Competition Scores Withheld- Update
The WSWC sent a letter to the Newport Chamber of Commerce regarding the withheld judging notes. Festival Coordinator Sue Cummings has responded by sending letters of apology to all competitors. She conveyed appreciation for our input and let us know that the committee is already at work on the 2009 festival. They are paying close attention to coordinating the amateur competition, and hope that we will submit entries again in 2009. Only one bottle per entry will be required next year.

Click to see the full letter:
Sue Cummings letter







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