Miki's Blind Wine Tasting

Always creative and always ready with an idea for a party, Miki Shimada hosted a weekend wine tasting party, with a cash prize for the event's biggest winner (Congratulations to Andrew - we just need to figure out how he cheated). Bottles were assembled from near and far, wrapped in tissue paper, generically labeled with letters and guests guessed as to the wine's country of origin, winery, year, grape varietal etc. Making things more difficult was the selection of some fairly esoteric vino: organic dry whites from Austria, obscure Spanish grapes, deceptive small batch South American reds etc. By the end of the evening we all felt like winners, no doubt due to Miki's hospitality, the great group gathered and plenty of tasty snacks to accompany the wines.