On Tuesday, Feb. 22, 80 wine club members gathered in the Sol Ballroom to enjoy the movie Bottle Shock and eat designer popcorn. In the movie, Steven Spurrier, a sommelier in Paris, comes to the Napa Valley to take the best he can find to Paris for a blind taste test against French wine. Without a…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2022
Wine Club Hosts “A Taste of Italy” Dinner
Over 140 members gathered in the Sol Ballroom on Tuesday, Feb. 1, to enjoy a five-course Italian dinner paired with some very special Italian wines. The meal included: * Appetizer: Antinori Guado al Tasso Vermentino, shrimp gazpacho * Course I: Antinori Chianti Classico, Pecorino flan with San Marzano tomato sauce * Course II: Marchesi di Barolo Nebbiolo, seared…
Generals, March 2022
New Women of Wine Gathering at SaddleBrooke Ranch
Deb McGiboney and Susie Morrill We invite fellow wine lovers to a new gathering called SBR Women of Wine (SBRWOW). We will meet the third Wednesday of each month at the Ranch House Grill, in the first room to the right behind the receptionist check-in desk. Everyone purchases their own glass or two of wine.…
Clubs & Classes, January 2022
Wine Club of SBR Takes Bus Trip to Willcox Wineries
Lorraine Smith On Saturday, Nov. 20, 112 members of the Wine Club of SBR (WCSBR) boarded buses and headed out to southern Arizona wineries. Birds and Barrels Vineyards and Pillsbury Wine Company were the destinations, located in the heart of the Willcox Wine Country. Pillsbury did an amazing job of introducing the club to their winery,…
Clubs & Classes, December 2021
Wine Club of SBR Hosts Holiday Wine Tasting Event
Lorraine Smith To get members in the holiday spirit and offer suggestions on wines that pair well with holiday meals, on Nov. 9, the Wine Club of SBR (WCSBR) hosted its third formal wine tasting event of 2021. Because of continued social distancing protocols, there were two seatings in the Ranch House Grille main dining room,…
Clubs & Classes, October 2021
Wine Club of SBR Hosts Decoy Wine Tasting Event
On Tuesday, Aug. 17, the Wine Club of SaddleBrooke Ranch (WCSBR) hosted its second formal wine tasting event of 2021. Because of continued social distancing protocols, there were two seatings in the Ranch House Grille main dining room where members enjoyed Decoy wines paired with some amazing small plate food bites catered by the Oracle…
Clubs & Classes, July 2021
WCSBR “Wines of Summer” Tasting Event
Steve Chapman After a 14-month COVID-induced shutdown, the Wine Club of SaddleBrooke Ranch (WCSBR) restarted with a French-themed “Wines of Summer” tasting event on May 17. Because of the need for continued social distancing, there were two separate seatings, which served a total of 136 WCSBR members. This tasting event opened with a Crémant-style sparkling…
Clubs & Classes, July 2020
Zoom Wine Tasting
Arlene Wong During May, while we continued sheltering in place, the Wonderful Wandering Women’s Wine group of SaddleBrooke Ranch, which was initially started by Linda Wolowicz and Rebecca Williams, met for the first time ever via Zoom. During the summer of 2013, Linda and Rebecca talked about how great it would be to get together with…
December 2017
Thursday Talk: Wine – The good, the bad and the awful
Linda Shannon-Hills Did you ever wonder why the wine you bought was not as good as you were told? Maybe you loved that $10 bottle better than the $25 bottle you purchased the week before. Back by popular demand spend an hour with Robert L. Wample, PhD during the Thursday Talk on December 14 and…
February 2017
Wine: The good, the bad and the awful and a little bit about how it happens
Linda Shannon-Hills SBR Thursday Talks welcomes Robert L. Wample Ph.D for our February talk on Thursday, February 16, at 4:00 p.m. Bob’s talk will spend the hour explaining about how wine grapes are grown, where and why they are grown there and how science and technology are improving the process. During this discussion he will…