Premium Saké Tasting                Volume 20  Issue 8                            March 2012

Dear Wine Enthusiast:

The next Victoria Wine Society event will be an extensive flight of premium sakés from Japan. Please note this March 26 event is the last tasting of our fiscal year and we will start again in April with the best of Chile, which is the feature country at the Vancouver Winefest. Tickets are limited; I hope to see you there. Cheers, Glenn

The lineup:

Wind Water Man Junmai (Kazeyo Mizuyo Hitoyo) – Fukumitsuya, Ishikawa Prefecture
Haru (spring) Junmai Ginjo – Daishinsyu, Nagano Prefecture
Mizu Basho (water flower) Junmai Ginjo – Nagai, Gunma Prefecture
Mizu Aoki Honjyozo Nagai, Gunma Prefecture
Kagatobi Gokkan Junmai – Fukumitsuya, Ishikawa Prefecture
Tanigawadake Super Dry Junmai – Nagai, Gunma Prefecture
Kozaemon House Junmai – Nakashima, Gifu Prefecture
Kuro Obi DoDo Yamahai Junmai – Fukumitsuya, Ishikawa Prefecture
Kozaemon Junmai Daiginjo – Nakashima, Gifu Prefecture
MizuBasho 2003 Vintage Junmai – Nagai, Gunma Prefecture
Kozaemon  UME SHU - Nakashima, Gifu Prefecture

Event:            Premium Saké Tasting

Date:             Monday, March 26 (rescheduled)    

Speaker:        Barbara Mills & Adem Tepedelen

Location:        Ambrosia Event Centre, 638 Fisgard St.

Time:             Tasting commences at 7 pm

Price:             $40 Members and $50 Non Members

To register for the tasting, payment must be received in advance to reserve a space and there will be no exceptions, availability is limited. For membership renewals and tasting fees drop by BC Wineguys at 2579 Cadboro Bay Road (250-592-8466), or Cook St. Village Liquor Store at 230 Cook Street (250-995-2665).

UPCOMING TASTINGS

Best of Chile - April