Lyn (my boo) and I popped over to the St. Regis last Sunday to participate in the Chianti Classico Symposium. Similar to last week at the Night Safari, this event is also part of the World Gourmet Summit with “the premier Chianti vintners leading us through a journey of discovering nature and colourful history of Chianti Classico”. To the wine untrained (which is very very very much like me), the Chianti Classico wines hailed from Italy.
I won’t go into details given that I was not able to comprehend much of what they were talking about. It is not due to the language barrier (they were speaking perfect English), but rather my current knowledge (or rather lack) of wines from anywhere. Featuring 12 wines from Tuscany (I think), the sommeliers brought us through a series of refined taste and appreciation leaving me baffled, confused and ashamed of not recognising a good wine even when I taste one. However, I believe about 90% of the participants begged to defer as they seemed to understand exactly what was going on – a success I reckon.
At the end of the day and after going through a number of wine appreciation courses over the years (without much luck), I think I have concluded my right kind of wines…the free ones 
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Left: The nice staff pouring the wine into my glasses | Right: Each glass is cleverly labelled on the A3 paper below
Class is in session
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Hi, I haven’t stopped by in ages, but your post caught my eye as I was already thinking about wine – thought you might enjoy this link:
http://www.whatiswineflu.com/
Hope you’re keeping well.
Rachel: Hi hi, thanks for visiting again..it has been a while isn’t it? All is good here..hope u are doing fine..
Woooo…italians…i like i like!
KP: You and me too buddy..you and me too..wahah!!
A wine appreciation course, hm I guess tasting the subtle difference in each wine can be quite a challenge. I hear there are 4 aspects of the wine tasting: appearance, aroma, taste, and aftertaste.
@Joey: …and I know none of them, I’m so ashamed..