Pinot Noir Shootout Prelims

The 6th Annual Pinot Noir Shootout began this month with a number of preliminary tastings and will continue until the finals which will be held on January 16, 2008 in San Francisco. Over 250 Pinot Noirs from North America, France, New Zealand, Australia and Chile will be paired down by a distinguished tasting panel to approximately 40 finalists which will be presented to the public, trade and press at The Pinot Noir Summit on February 9, 2008 in San Francisco. At the Summit, the public has the opportunity to vote for their favorite wines in a blind tasting, walk-around format, and the results will be compared to the scores given by the professional judges. Attendees will also be able to meet the winemakers and/or winery owners of each of the finalists after they are judged and unveiled.

And there's more, including 27 tasting notes for wines from 25 wineries!