I went to Fullerton Hotel for wine appreciation last night, which was organised by LianHeZaoBao. Adel helped me register because she works in the marketing department of SPH (s'pore press holdings). There were police at the hotel to carry out security checks due to the ASEAN submit held in S'pore this week. Anyway, we tasted all 5 Jacob's Creek's Heritage wines. Our speaker was the Australian winemaker of year 2002, Philip Laffer. Through last night's wine tasting, I finally understood why wine tasters love to smell the wines before they drink it. Smelling wine was like smelling perfume (not forgetting that I was a chemistry student who studied fragrance/perfume before), there are different notes to a wine and this is what makes every wine different. Just like no one perfume is the same despite their similarities. I must say I have quite a sensitive nose. I can smell more notes than my friend. (*,*) We were told all five wines we've tried last night could only be bought in fine wine cellar and duty-free shop in S'pore. Amongst them, I love Jacob's Creek Centenary Hill Shiraz 2003. This wine has very rich chocolatey smell on first note. After my nose was saturated with the fragrant chocolatey smell and a sip of the wine, I could smell the second note of the wine, which is woody smell. The wine is smooth and suits my taste best as compared to Cabernet Sauvignon. I've penned down some comments while tasting it last night. Below is the website for the heritage wines.

As for my own personal comments, please see below. Price is as sold in Duty-free in Changi Airport.

Oh ya, I gt drunk last nite after the wine tasting.. Adel helped me gt my dinner (buffet).. The scallop and duck is really superb.. Gt interviewed by a journalist while waiting for her.. Adel said I might be in newspaper soon.. N she's gonna cut the article and post it on her blog wif lotsa nasty comments.. Sad case.. Ended up sleeping in the couch at Fullerton Hotel for a good full 20 mins.. (I was told by Kin) Really K.O. sia.. Poor drinker.. I can only drink beer w/o K.O-ing.. But I still prefer Heineken to Tiger.. Anyway, Adel & I took cab hm (she can claim from company).. Luckily, I didn't drank Tiger or else I'd have puked.. As for my poor drinking, I'll drink more red wine with my mummy at hm whenever I've gotten the chance in future.. Overall, it's really worth the S$68 for this event. I tink this is a gd way to upgrade myself.. Who knows, next time I might go on to tea appreciation? Smell, digest the smell, relax, drink, really calms the mind and cultivates the soul.. 修身，养家，治国，平天下！haha.. I better start wif 修身 now ba.. haha.. Too young for Confucious other ideals, 养家，治国，平天下.. Haha.. Wad the crap!! Wahahaha..