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From: kadler@bbncc5.UUCP (Kyle Adler)
Newsgroups: net.wines
Subject: How about a wine tasting?
Message-ID: <569@bbncc5.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 18:56:10 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 18:56:10 1985
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Reply-To: kadler@bbnccv.UUCP (Kyle Adler)
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA
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It's encouraging to see some traffic to this group after a few weeks'
silence.  A wine tasting might be a good way to get more people involved.
(This has been done on CompuServe for a while now.)

The idea is this:  We choose a wine that is not terribly well-known, but is
readily available all over.  The price should be affordable, even by students
and hackers.  One possible (albeit somewhat arbitrary) choice would be Kenwood
Winery's Chenin Blanc 1981; it's easy to find and only about $5, but most
people haven't tried it.  We then allow a couple of weeks for everybody
interested to try the wine.  Then the wine is discussed on the net, in an
open and unmoderated way.

Please mail me your comments, pro or con, along with suggestions for a
first wine to taste.  If there is sufficient interest I will post a follow-
up article giving the name of the wine selected to taste.  How about it?
--
Kyle S. Adler
BBN Communications Corporation, Cambridge MA