The wine tasting will be in the lobby
of the Keck Science Building. The tasting will be "horizontal," meaning
that it will show the difference in taste between wines grown in cold to
cool regions, as opposed to those grown in warmer regions.
Wine taste is dependent on the temperature
during the ripening phase of grape growth. Red wines require more heat
than white wines do to ripen; otherwise they start tasting herbaceous.
Cabernet Sauvignon, for instance, has a green bell pepper character which
becomes apparent when the grapes do nor ripen properly.
The temperature effect on grape growing
will be discussed prior to the tasting.
Also featured at the event will be
a catered picnic outside the nearby Mudd chemistry building at Stanford.
Both red and white wine will be available for the picnic dinner. Afterwards,
ceremonies inside the Mudd building will honor our 50th- and 60th-year
members and other award winners.
The picnic will be a buffet catered
by Armadillo Willy's, as it was last year, and the menu will include:
| Where: | The Stanford Chemistry Department. Click here for a map. |
| When: | 4:30 p.m. Wine Tasting in the Keck Science Building |
| 5:30 p.m. Buffet BBQ dinner outside the Mudd Chemistry Building | |
| 7:00 p.m. Awards inside the Mudd Building |
The Silicon Valley Chemist will have
a reservation form for the event; but since most of you have to look at
the newsletter on our web page, and you're already online looking at this,
you can click here, print your form, and then
use your "back" button to return to this page. Remember, this is the one
meeting where you have to send a payment with your reservation. Note
the new address to which you should send your reservation and check. The
cost, however, will be the same as it was last year: $16 for adults, $5
for kids 4-12, kids 3 and under free. We'll need the reservations by Monday,
July 6.
See you there!
Please note that the further into the future we look, the more tentative the arrangements become. But once we know, you'll see it here first!
Our Chair-Elect, Bruce Raby, has tentatively
scheduled the following:
On Thursday, September 17 (our usual
third Thursday), we will hear Dr. Thomas O. Passell talk about "Thinking
Outside the Box About Cold Fusion". We'll be at the Biltmore.
On Thursday, October 15 (third Thursday
again) Dr. E. Furukawa will talk about nano issues in food packaging. Title
and place will be set later.
We will present our brand new Community
College Teaching Award, the first such award ever for the entire ACS, on
Thursday, November 19. We're expecting to have ACS President Tom Lane here
for the presentation.
As usual, there will be no dinner
meeting in December.
After presenting the Mosher Award
in March this year, we will return to our usual January date (Thursday,
January 21, 2010 if we can continue with our third Thursday custom)
for the presentation of the 2009 Mosher Award, the winner of which may
be announced at the picnic.
Remember that certain dinner meetings are routinely pre-set: Mosher Award presentation and talk in January, Student Affiliates meeting in April or May, Awards Picnic in late June or early July, no meetings at all in August or December.
* * *