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Last night I decided to try something new, so I went to a wine tasting at a new shop down near the mall that sells fancy coffees, chocolates and wines. And this time they were doing an Ice Wine tasting. I'm normally not that fond of wine, but I'd tried ice wine once before and thought it was awesome.
I knew that my boss and one of my other coworkers were really into wine so I invited them too. They were so excited about it, I should have known that it wouldn't go smoothly. The tasting started at 6:00, but my coworker didn't even show till nearly 8:00, and my boss and his wife were even later. (But I got an awesome high score on some Brain Age sudoku boards while I waited) And then another of our Japanese managers showed with his wife about a half hour before closing. I think the employees were surprised, most of the night there were trickles of couples maybe only 2 or 3 other people there, and then BAM, 5 Japanese people who speak no English.
I think my favorite was a German wine that really tasted strongly of dried apricots. Well, I should say that it was my favorite in the 'I could afford this if I were splurging' category, instead of the 'only in my wildest dreams could I buy' category. Of course, half of the fun of tasting was trying a lot of things that I'd never be able to afford otherwise, like a wine that usually goes for $85.
Like I said, I'm not much for wine usually...but doing these tastings might be a fun way to learn about it.
I knew that my boss and one of my other coworkers were really into wine so I invited them too. They were so excited about it, I should have known that it wouldn't go smoothly. The tasting started at 6:00, but my coworker didn't even show till nearly 8:00, and my boss and his wife were even later. (But I got an awesome high score on some Brain Age sudoku boards while I waited) And then another of our Japanese managers showed with his wife about a half hour before closing. I think the employees were surprised, most of the night there were trickles of couples maybe only 2 or 3 other people there, and then BAM, 5 Japanese people who speak no English.
I think my favorite was a German wine that really tasted strongly of dried apricots. Well, I should say that it was my favorite in the 'I could afford this if I were splurging' category, instead of the 'only in my wildest dreams could I buy' category. Of course, half of the fun of tasting was trying a lot of things that I'd never be able to afford otherwise, like a wine that usually goes for $85.
Like I said, I'm not much for wine usually...but doing these tastings might be a fun way to learn about it.
