Boston University’s School of Hospitality offers three popular classes about wine that are always full because of students’ newfound desire to immerse themselves in the study of this classy drink. In fact, all sections of these courses are already full, even before the registration period for Spring 2004 has ended. There was even a wine tasting seminar sponsored by the RHA at the Student Village Nov. 6, where students busily took notes in complete silence to learn about wines and wine tasting. But why is the interest in wine so piqued in a college environment, one typically associated with cheap beer and stereotypically unsavory dining hall food? Perhaps it is because there are no courses offered in The History of Natty Ice or Soggy Cafeteria Fries 101. But perhaps there is a different reason.
The United States hosts locations that are up and coming for producing some of the world’s best wines, such as Sonoma and Napa. Students at Boston University native to Calfiornia may not realize this fact upon signing up, which means there must be another reason college students crave to know about this luscious libation.
I heard one student say he took audited the course merely ‘to pick up chicks.’ It seems, then, that wine is an increasingly important social topic of interest a subject that may even mean you’ll score a date, or score after a date!
So, whether you take a wine class for credit or audit one, you had better learn about wine, if not because you have a genuine interest then to heighten your social value!
Darcy Dizenzo CAS ’04
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