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Cork Dork

June 20, 2018 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20
6:30PM WINE RECEPTION
7:00PM DISCUSSION
Free for members; $15 for guests
Professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker (’08),didn’t know much about wine, until she discovered an alternate universe where taste reigns supreme – a world of elite sommeliers who dedicate their lives to the pursuit of flavor. Astounded by their fervor and seemingly superhuman sensory powers, she set out to discover what drove their obsession, and whether she too, could become a “corkdork.”
Bianca Bosker is an award winning journalist. A contributing editor for The Atlantic, she has written about food, wine, architecture, and technology for The New Yorker online, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Food & Wine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and The New Republic, among other publications.

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Date:
June 20, 2018
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm