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10/15/2004 Entry: "Wine Tasting"

For our software release party, my coworkers came to our house for a backyard bbq and pool party. It was 90 degrees! Talk about an Indian summer. It has been nice and warm all week. I love the Bay Area. :)

We finally achieved Beta status, but the company is quite stingy when it comes to employee rewards, so we just decided to organize our own 'pat on the back'. Almost everyone brought a bottle of red wine, each belonging to different price ranges, and we had a blind taste test of all 9 bottles. I contributed a $3 bottle of Seven Peaks Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 (the taped up bottle in the image below), which Garry bought from Trader Joe's. It didn't do so well, finishing second to the last place. One good thing about having the party at our place, we now have 9 half filled bottles of red wine. Boeuf Bourguignon, here we come! ;)

Garry grilled some skirt steak, peppers and shallots (from Saveur, Oct 2004). My coworkers brought some chicken tandoori, pasta salad, baguettes, strawberries and grapes. I surprised everyone with raspberry cream puffs for dessert.

The winner was the Murphy Goode Liar's Dice Zinfandel 2002, around $18, 6th from left.

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