Wine Appreciation Group | May 11

A Tasting Seminar to Explore How Wine Quality Changes as Wines Age – Improvements? Problems?  
Expertise level: all levels.

Dusty bottles in old stone cellars, wine styles steeped with tradition and with lingering, mysteriously enticing aromas, sometimes sold at auctions for 20 times their release price.  What “new” aromas/attributes are in these aged wines and how do they compare with those in the young wines?
A (just retired) UBC wine science instructor will pour 4 matched pairs of quality wine and help you apply basic wine appreciation techniques to evaluate “young" wines & their corresponding (same vineyard/producer) “aged" wines. Wines will be mainly from international sources; however, will include a BC source. The age differences for each pair will be 10-15+ years apart. Discussion will be on what “science” says about how wines age and tips on pairing these wines with food will be provided “enroute”.  

Cost to participate: $28.00 ($20 + $8 for two ISO glasses)

The Wine Appreciation Group has a limited number of drop-in spaces available for the April and May sessions. Please reach out to David MacArthur at david.mcarthur@ubc.ca to register.