[Cornell Wine] Sake Tasting

[Michael Beard]

I've been fascinated by Sake, but have never done anything about it.   
Now Mark. a customer, wants to arrange a tasting.  His information is  
shown below, and please contact him with your interest.  Of course,  
we will help Mark buy some of the Sake at a low price!

Cheers,

Mick

Cornell Wine Company

Seeking Those Interested in a Sake Tasting

To many in the West, Sake is a beverage steeped in Oriental  
inscrutability.  Served alternately hot or cold, often festooned in  
illegible pictograms, Sake is seldom presented in a way that helps  
the newcomer understand what he or she is drinking.  The result: a  
vicious cycle of low-quality offerings and absence of connoisseurial  
interest.

In fact, Sake is the noble fruit of centuries of artisans’ labor.  It  
does not grow with age like wine, but is meant to be consumed within  
a year of birth:  a beverage for the multitudes to enjoy, not to  
invest in.  In quality, it spans the entire gamut from “lite beer”- 
esque offerings beloved of cheap Japanese restaurants, to  
philosophical masterpieces that delight the most discerning palate.   
The question becomes, how to get a toe-hold on a drink that delights  
millions, but half a world away?

I hope to answer that question with a Sake tasting, featuring a  
sampling of quality selections available to consumers in the US.   
Mission number one will be to cleanse palates of the notion that sake  
is a floor cleaner-like substance served warm, by showcasing the  
diversity of the middle-end and the sublimity of the high-end  
offerings.  Precisely what we'll sample is up to the interest of  
those participating, but I promise something interesting for novices  
and aficionados alike.

If the prospect of learning more about Sake, or just trying some high- 
quality brew, appeals to you, please send email to  
mneideng at ugcs.caltech.edu with the subject line "SAKE TASTING".  Once  
I have a list of interested parties, we can hash out logistics and  
particulars of the menu.  This will be a totally non-profit event;  
any small attendance fee will go strictly to defraying the cost of  
what we'll sample.

Please feel free to email me with any questions.  The greater the  
number of interested parties, the more fun this will be!

Mark Neidengard, Ph.D.

mneideng at ugcs.caltech.edu



  
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