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Highlights of May tasting

The last tasting of The Tokyo Wine Society was held on the 14th of June and the theme is red wine. Nine volunteers brought one wine from the region of his or her choice. The selected nine different regions covered the world.
Left is the picture of a botttle stopper and two bottles of Portugese wines (red and white) with the official FIFA logo, contributed by Kevin the cellarmaster, as the prize to the person who brought the best and the second best wines for the night. The winners were Mark and Monty.

Glass No.	Wine	Year	Grape	Region	Yen	Shop	Rank	1s	2s	Ls
A	Iwanohara, limited edition of 5407	2000		Japan	4,000	in Niigata (by Julia)	8	2	2	6
B	Chateau Grand Puy-Lacoste	1997	Cab.Svn	Pauillac, France	4,980	Yamaya (by Elizabeth)	4	2	1	2
C	Marques de Riscal Gran Reserva	1994	Cab.Svn	Spain	4,494	Shinanoya (by Frederic)	7	1	0	0
D	Stelenbosch Farmers Zonnebloem	1995	Cab.Svn	South Africa	3,150	Kudaigura (by Toshiaki)	5	1	3	2
E	Petaluma Coonawarra	1997		Australia	5,700	Nisshin (by Eric)	3	4	8	0
F	Chehalem Ridgecrest	1998	Pinot Noir	Oregon USA	5,450	Friends of the Vine website (by Monty)	2	7	7	1
G	Chateau Negly	2000		Languedoc, France	-	- (by James)	9	2	1	10
H	Ca' de Loi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico	1995		Italia	2,980	Yamaya (by Sayako)	6	1	2	4
I	Jim Barry Clare Valley	1999	Cab.Svn	Australia	2,450	Village Cellars (by Mark)	1	6	7	1

Legends
Rank: 1=Most Preffered, 9=Worst,
1s:No of attendee preffered best,
2s: No of attendee chose second best,
Ls:No of atendee ranked worst

	Appetizer Swordfish & Duck Tartar (Sorry, half eaten)		Salad Beef Tongue with Green Sauce (Mango, Avocado, Mozzarella, Tomato)
	Soap Gazpacho (Tomato, Zucchini, Onion, Green Papers, Basil)		Fish Ayu stuffed with Scallop mousse (Ayu, Mousse, Ayudate)
	Meat Matured Pork grilled with Myoga (Pork feed seaweed, Garlic, Apple, Myoga, Palmary)		Dessert Black Sesame Blancmange with white sesame (Black Sesame)