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It's Thursday December the 8 around 10:59PM and

Holiday Wine Tune Up

Can you even fathom that up at UBC you can study wines and wine science? Heck they can house up to 22,000 delicious bottles of the grape juice at the Wine Library and Vinotheque, which is just awesome. Anyway, tonight Dr. David McArthur gave an informative & intimate pre-holiday Wine Sensory Tune Up. So 10 wines and some wonderful nibbles of ham and cave-aged Gruyere later, and we walked away with a few jems for the holidays to enjoy. Here you go:

1. Dr. Loosen (REISLING/2004/Germany). Think of a big dozen roses dipped in honey, and made with some peach and nectarine into a sandwich - with a nice long aftertaste in a crazy blue bottle. The idea is that this would go well with some turkey, but maybe a Boxing Day Turkey sandwich would work even better. $17.00

2. Glen Carlou (CHARDONNAY/2004/South Africa) This is quite possibly the only chard worth drinking. This is like eating a stick of butter stuffed with french vanilla and then washing all that down with a mouthfull of Werthers Originals that have been your pocket for like 3 hours. This might go with some shrimp cocktails or lobster. You might also sneak it with some turkey or ham. Don't tell anyone about that part. $22.99.

3. Casas Del Bosque (PINOT NOIR/2003/Chile). This is like the Darth Vader of Pinots: Black Currents, Black pepper, Black tea, Blackberries - served in a spicy tabacco humidor. Nice for us. $20.00

4. Jim Barry (COVER DRIVE CABERNET SAUVIGNON/2002/Australia) This is good mate. Chocolate, minty, black curranty, featuring some black cherry pits served with a charming smoked out oak. Welcome to a crazy fruit forward world. Don't serve it with anything, it's just not worth the hassle. This is a good we're-so-sick-of-eating-over-the-holidays-wine. $27.99

5. Lustau (EAST INDIA SOLERA SHERRY/Spain) Isn't sherry something that old people drink out of big jug bottles with handleson them? Nevermind. This little ditty is a wild dessert choice. Apparently, although it's hard to confirm, this paired with some Chocolate Cake and then this hooch magically taste like gingerbread. Allrighty then. $19.99.

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Posted by: Alex Harford

December 9, 2005 08:59 AM

Ah yes, FNH 330, that was a great class. It was hard work for a 3 credit course, but it was fun too. Good to see that Dr. McArthur is still enthusiastic about his wine!