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Date/Time: 11th Feb. 2010, 7 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Place: Fantaxia Restaurant 樂逍遙
| 1st Bottle | ERRAZURIZ MAX RESERVE SHIRAZ |
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| Varietal: Shiraz | Winery/Producer: Vina Errazuriz S.A. | |
| Type: Red Wine | Year: 2007 | |
| Cost: $ 15.85 | Region: Chile | |
| Food to match: 皮蛋 | LCBO #: 614750 | |
| Remarks: Dark purple in colour; aromas of spice, wood & cigar; full-bodied with flavours of black cherry & spice; tannic finish. | ||
| 2nd Bottle | CASILLERO DEL DIABLO SHIRAZ |
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| Varietal: Shiraz | Winery/Producer: Concha Toro S.A. | |
| Type: Red wine | Year: 2008 | |
| Cost: $ 12.95 | Region: Chile | |
| Food to match: 清炒露荀 | LCBO #: 568055 | |
| Remarks: Medium ruby red; Ripe blackberry, plum, spice and cocoa aromas and flavours; Dry, medium bodied, ripe rounded palate, with sweet fruit centre, moderate length. | ||
| 3rd Bottle | STONELEIGH MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC |
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| Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc | Winery/Producer: Pernod Ricard Pacific Pty | |
| Type: White wine | Year: 2009 | |
| Cost: $ 16.95 | Region: New Zealand | |
| Food to match: 乾燒明蝦 | LCBO #: 293043 | |
| Remarks: Pale straw colour; gooseberry, herbs and a hint of tropical fruit on the nose; dry and medium-bodied with a crisp finish. | ||
| 4rd Bottle | CONCHA Y TORO TRIO RESERVA CHARDONNAY/PINOT GRIGIO/PINOT BLANC |
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| Varietal: Chardonnay | Winery/Producer: Concha Toro S.A. | |
| Type: White wine | Year: 2008 | |
| Cost: $ 12.95 | Region: Chile | |
| Food to match: 公保雞丁 | LCBO #: 433938 | |
| Remarks: The 2008 Trio Reserva White Blend from the cool Casablanca region is composed of Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Blanc. It exhibits an aromatic array of poached pear, melon, mineral, and peach leading to a dry wine with exceptional concentration and depth for its humble price. This lengthy effort should be consumed over the next 12-18 months. Score – 90. (Jay Miller, www.erobertparker.com, April 2009) | ||
Date/Time: January 14 2010/7:00 p.m. (roughly 2 hours)
Place: Dominic’s residence
| 1st Bottle | 2008 Vineland Chardonnay |  |
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| Varietal: Chardonnay | Winery/Producer: Vineland | |||
| Type: White Wine | Year: 2008 | |||
| Cost: $12.85 | Region: Canada, Ontario, Niagara Peninsula | |||
| Food to pair: Smoked Salmon | LCBO #: new release from Vineland Estate | |||
| Remarks: The smells are apple, pear, peach and tangerine blossom; while in the mouth it’s beautifully smooth and clean with a sweetish note of apples and pears along with a good finish of desirable length. | ||||
| 2nd Bottle | 2007 Riesling Cave Spring |  |
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| Varietal: Riesling | Winery/Producer: Cave Spring | |||
| Type: White wine | Year: 2007 | |||
| Cost: $14.25 | Region: Canada, Ontario, Niagara Peninsula | |||
| Food to pair: Chow Mein | LCBO #: 00234583 | |||
| Remarks: The balance between acid and sweetness is nicely done, giving it both tang and roundness on the palate. Flavours or peach, pineapple, basil and flinty minerals are built onto a light to medium bodied frame. | ||||
| 3rd Bottle | 2007 Sketches of Niagara Merlot Cabernet |  |
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| Varietal: Merlot Cabernet | Winery/Producer: Tawse Winery | |||
| Type: Red Wine | Year: 2007 | |||
| Cost: $27.5 | Region: Canada, Ontario, Niagara Peninsula | |||
| Food to pair: 燒排骨 | LCBO #: not available from LCBO | |||
| Remarks: This rich blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc has a medley of red currents, cinnamon, cedar and dried flowers on the nose.This wine is not available in LCBO. | ||||
| 4th Bottle | 咸亨太雕 (紹酒) |  |
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| Varietal: 紹興黃酒 | Winery/Producer: 紹興咸亨 | |||
| Type: Heavy red wine | Year: (8 years old) | |||
| Cost: HK$120 | Region: 中國浙江紹興 | |||
| Food to pair: 鴨下巴 | ||||
| Remarks: 太雕酒是紹興咸亨酒店主辦專利的傳統酒, 由鑒湖水, 糯米, 小麥制造, 起碼八年釀制. | ||||
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Q: A recent Xray (chest) shows that my heart is larger than normal. Pl give possible explanation and what practical steps to take. I am in Hong Kong and wonder if any wynites is a heart specialist here that I could see. I am retired and 76 years old. Thank you
A: A heart is enlarged because it has to do more work. This is akin to body building. Muscles “enlarge” when body builders pump iron.
Without knowing your background training & past medical history, I’ll try to list some general etiologies using as many laymen’s terms as possible.
What might be the causes?
1. High blood pressure.
2. Structural damage: leaking heart valves,(rheumatic heart disease, calcification/stiffness), damage by infections/poisons/medications, etc.
3. Anemia.
4. Hormonal: eg. hypothyroidism.
5. Rarely, hereditary (cardiomyopathy).
You can also check internet search engines for: cardiomegaly” , “cardiac hypertrophy” or simply “enlarged heart”.
I don’t know any cardiologist in HK, but I’ll check with Mr. Anthony Ho & see if he knows any WYK alumni who are practicing cardiologist in HK.
Click on the image to download and view a PowerPoint slideshow (~ 5 MB) of pictures taken by Rose and John Ho (‘65) in their recent trip to The Red Earth Terrace.
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