Portland Observar December 20. 1979 Paga 3
PCC Offers Wine Class
Don Downing, who says he con­
siders wine “ the symphony o f the
p a la te ,” w ill o ffe r an eight week
course in basic wine appreciation
through the Cascade Center o f P o rt­
land College winter term.
" T h e real secret to appreciating
w in e ,” D o w n in g said, “ is to
memorize the taste o f each wine just
as you would memorize each pari o f
Beethoven’ s F ifth Symphony i f y ou
were to u n d erstand how to o r ­
chestrate and blend the entire piece.”
The class, w h ich begins W e d ­
nesday January 9 at 7 p.m. w ill in ­
clude tasting 25 wines in order to
memorize the taste o f each, accord­
ing to D owning. The class w ill be
held at Neil Kelly C o., 735 N. A l­
berta St. Cost w ill be $35.
"W e w ill have a heavy emphasis
on domestic wine because we want
the class to be affo rd a b le ,” Downing
said.
D owning said he doesn’ t always
plan on letting students know exactly
which wine they are tasting.
" I ’ ll let students try to analyze the
taste and develop th e ir ow n
judgm ent,” Downing said.
The course w ill cover wines from
France, Germany and C alifornaia in
a d d itio n to an emphasis on wines
from Oregon.
D o w n in g has co n d u cte d PCC
lo u rs o f Oregon wineries and has
taught wine appreciation classes for
Northwest wine festivals including
this year’ s Newport Wine and Cheese
Festival.
‘ T i n trying to get known as wine
aficionado at age 33,” Downing said
with a smile.
Downing is a self-taught wine ex­
pert who has his own wine cellar and
has learned wines th ro u g h to u rs,
books, and classes as well as tasting.
" I did n ’ t know that much about
wine u n til one einbrassing evening
when I had invited a leading beer ex­
pert to come to d in n e r,” Downing
said. “ I d id n 't think he would know
that m uch about wines. Just like
most people would do, I ran down to
the wine store and bought a $14 Bor­
deaux to serve with a prime rib and a
q
Downing went back to the wine
merchant to complain, the merchant
convinced Downing to buy two more
bottles for only $4 each, take them
home, cellar them and d rin k them
when they had matured.
“ I opened a bottle three years later
and it had aged beautifully and had
improved so m uch,” Downing said.
D o w n in g
said
th a t
m any
newcomers to wines dislike expensive
wines because o f the acidity and b it­
terness o f the taste w ithout realizing
that the wines are young and need to
be cellared in order to soften the
flavor.
“ The pucker pow er o f wines
leaves w ith aging,” Downing said.
He w ill talk about proper cellaring o f
wines during the class.
For enrollment, call PCC Cascade
Center.
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lobster tail I had slaved over all day.
But he tasted it and put it down. He
told tne the wine was far too young
fo r consum ption and said he was
sorry I had bought it.”
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and yellow pages directories—a year
ago.)
The color photo that won PBN ’ s
first directory cover photo contest-a
shot o f Y aquina HeaD N E A R
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PNB directories in Oregon this year.
Pages two and three o f the 1,087-
page alphabetical listings directory are
devoted to comm unity services num­
bers. Numbers for 139 various com­
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general headings. C o m p ilin g the
listings was a joint undertaking o f the
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Schools and o ther governm ent
agencies are listed alphabetically in the
white pages and also in a new Blue
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directory. Community services num­
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Numbers for telephones in subur­
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at the back o f the alphabetical listings
directory. A black stripe at the top o f
the suburban com m unities pages
makes them easier to find.
Names o f persons and organizations
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Z ip codes are also shown in the
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There are 57,836 alphabetical
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