chris' tasting group:

references & resources

Welcome to Chris’ Tasting Group!

Tasting Cain wines with wine grower Chris Howell
Wine Grower Chris Howell opens a bottle for a tasting

Thank you for joining our tasting group! Below are references you might find useful.

Tasting Mat PDF

Introduction to Wine Tasting PDF

How to Host a Wine Tasting PDF

Tasting Topics and Components PDF

Wine Tasting is not about liking the wine—it’s about exploring the wine and our perceptions of it...

Cain Tasting Mat
The Cain Tasting Mat - click for PDF

...And this is best done in the company of people with whom we have shared experiences, shared memories, and shared vocabulary.

Using an Ah-So Cork Puller

The Ah-So is our favorite tool to open older bottles of wine. In this video our Wine-Grower Chris Howell will show you how to use it.

Chris' Tasting Group shipment 1:

2007 Cain Five & 2007 Cain Concept – Mountain & Valley

Writing by Wine Grower Chris Howell

Notes from Chris: A Celebration of Cain Concept

CTG #1 Mountain and Valley

Video from Chris’ Tasting Group #1 on Thursday, May 11:  Explore tasting the 2007 Cain Five and 2007 Cain Concept wine with Wine Grower Chris Howell and Director of Sales and Marketing and Co-General Manager Katie Lazar.