Wits and wines pitted

Press, 2 November 1984, Page 4

Wits and wines pitted

Serious drinkers abounded at the Chamber of Commerce in Christchurch last evening — serious not so much in terms of the amount they drank but the concentration afforded what was drunk. Fourteen teams from Christchurch, Timaru, and Dunedin were taking part in the second annual Canterbury Wine and Food Society’s wine tasting competition, vying for the Wilson Neill Trophy. The teams, of four persons each, were quizzed on

four white and four red wines, such as about the type of grape, the country or origin, and the year of vintage. Contestants were able to confer for the final question, which was to name the wine. The contestants’ samples were small to the eye of the casual wine drinker, but they came under scrutiny. They were held to the light, swilled round the glass, and sniffed. The teams last evening included representatives of most of the wine clubs in

I Christchurch, physicians, s and the news media. : ” The physicians’ team was i runner-up to a Cellarmasters Wine Club team in ► Christchurch, comprising Gail Teipple-Adams, Tom ; Smith, James Smith, and Peter Brook. In third place was the Timaru Wine Club. The Canterbury competition will be followed by a South Island competition at Dunedin in February and later the national competition. . ,