Wine club members are smarter than wine club Co-President
Healy Jones, WG'07
Issue date: 2/19/07 Section: Insider
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This article was written after the January 19th Wine Club Social. However, it was not published until now because... well, rumors abound as to why there was a delay in publication. Some suggest the delay was due to a "lock changing" scandal at the Journal. Others claim a line in Follies mocked the Journal by referencing the Wine Club column. Realists may end up noticing that, basically, the article sucks and that it's barely worth printing.
On Friday February 23rd we will be having another Wine Club social event, featuring some great Cabernet Sauvignons. Wine Club members should expect an email with details on the event soon!
On Friday, January 19th, the Wine Club hosted a fun wine tasting event. We challenged our members to pick the most expensive wines within several wine categories of varietals. In other words, could members identify the most expensive, mid priced and least expensive bottle amongst the three Chardonnays we tasted? Turns out many of you could!
Congratulations to the winners, Itai Ben-Zaken and Arpa Garay, who each picked 13 of the 18 wines in their correct placement! That's a 72% right answer rate! At most schools, you'd be marginal at best, but here at Wharton that's like a DS+! Awesome, put it on your resume. You're number one - all others are number two or lower.
Also, congrats to the runners-up Sonya Penn, Serban Suvagau, and Amy Turcinov. They correctly identified 12 of the 18 bottles in their proper price position. Jon Adler would like to mention that, technically, since two people tied for 1st you are all third place finishers, but that's just the accountant in him doing crazy number talk again. Finally, note that two of the five people mentioned as winners are partners of Wharton students - nice job Javier and Z. You've chosen your mates well. By extension, that makes you winners too.
Honestly, I don't think I could have done as well as these members did, even though I knew the prices on all of these wines (since I bought them.) Here's a quick discussion on the wines I found the most perplexing... not to be confused with the wine that made me the most confused - that would be the Piper-Heidsieck Extra Dry champagne. Serving champagne for an hour made me a bit loopy. You try standing next to case of champagne for an hour and not having a few glasses.
On Friday February 23rd we will be having another Wine Club social event, featuring some great Cabernet Sauvignons. Wine Club members should expect an email with details on the event soon!
On Friday, January 19th, the Wine Club hosted a fun wine tasting event. We challenged our members to pick the most expensive wines within several wine categories of varietals. In other words, could members identify the most expensive, mid priced and least expensive bottle amongst the three Chardonnays we tasted? Turns out many of you could!
Congratulations to the winners, Itai Ben-Zaken and Arpa Garay, who each picked 13 of the 18 wines in their correct placement! That's a 72% right answer rate! At most schools, you'd be marginal at best, but here at Wharton that's like a DS+! Awesome, put it on your resume. You're number one - all others are number two or lower.
Also, congrats to the runners-up Sonya Penn, Serban Suvagau, and Amy Turcinov. They correctly identified 12 of the 18 bottles in their proper price position. Jon Adler would like to mention that, technically, since two people tied for 1st you are all third place finishers, but that's just the accountant in him doing crazy number talk again. Finally, note that two of the five people mentioned as winners are partners of Wharton students - nice job Javier and Z. You've chosen your mates well. By extension, that makes you winners too.
Honestly, I don't think I could have done as well as these members did, even though I knew the prices on all of these wines (since I bought them.) Here's a quick discussion on the wines I found the most perplexing... not to be confused with the wine that made me the most confused - that would be the Piper-Heidsieck Extra Dry champagne. Serving champagne for an hour made me a bit loopy. You try standing next to case of champagne for an hour and not having a few glasses.
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