Stevens Institute of Technology is hosting a wine tasting during Alumni weekend! And no, it’s not just a social mixer with stemware. It’s a full-on cultural showdown:
Old World Whites squaring off against American West Coast Reds.
Let’s not pretend this is casual. It’s a referendum on style, legacy, and whether your palate was raised on limestone or blackberry jam.
The Old World Whites
These are wines with bones.
Think Soave, Pouilly-Fuisse, and a Etxaniz Txakolina enough to scare a beginner. These wines speak in quiet poetry—acidity, minerality, structure. They demand your respect. And they don’t care if you give it.
You don’t drink these to relax.
You drink them to listen.
The West Coast Reds
These are wines that walk in loud and confident.
California Zinfandel, Oregon Pinot Noir, and a Cabernet that’s been to Napa boot camp. They’re juicy, plush, and love being liked. The kind of wines that tell you exactly what they are, and hope you’ll Instagram it.
They’re delicious.
They’re fun.
They’re not subtle.
And that’s the point.
Old World vs. New Coast. History vs. swagger. Tension vs. pleasure.
And if we’re lucky, someone will accidentally say “buttery” and be gently corrected by a grad student in a cardigan.
See you there.
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