August 11, 2005
Comtes de Champagne
After a little sleep everything seems a little better. Granted, I didn't get nearly as much sleep as I would have liked last night. However, the seminar was good and I learned a lot more about Burgundy than I knew before. We took too much time on Burgundy though, and had to pretty much run through Tuscany, Piedmont, and Portuguese wines. Luckily, through previous work experience I have a decent grasp on those areas. Especially as there were tests on each portion and the person with the best combined score won a bottle of Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blanc 1995. I wonder how much better I would have done with two more hours of sleep? Not that it matters since I took the bottle home with me anyway! After it was over, everyone was told they could grab the open bottles that we tasted through, so I got a nice Meursault and a lovely Barolo. Definitely worth it, even though there was only about a glass left in each one. I am only sad that none of the wines we tasted through were ones that I sell.
One of my coworkers suggested that I cheated to win that bottle. I let him know that I didn't cheat, I just blew the instructor.
Also, please don’t sneeze too near your computer, my internet connection is still tenuous at best. There is a new modem sitting in a box on the couch but I am nervous about just plugging it in (it came with a cd! It has to be harder than just plugging it in, right?) and the Hub is currently at Ozfest. I guess it will have to wait.