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PAGE 6, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1982, WHITBY FREE PREÉS w LETTERS TO THEEDITOR Reveler 's wine column gave reader "sour grapes" CANADA STUDENT PAIN TERS "for guaranteed quality" INTERIOR - EXTERIOR 0 owned, operated by Canadian university stu- dents a trained students' yield professional workman- ship at less than professional prices •all work guaranteed • highest quality paint FREE ESTI MATES BUSINESS HOURS: 576-0419 Open Mon. to Sat. 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OFDURHAM NOTICE OF DURHAM PUBLIC MEETING Take notice that the Regional Planning Committee wili consider at a meeting to be held on: May 18,1982 AT 10:00 A.M. PLANNING DEPARTMENT BOARDROOM 105 CONSUMERS DRIVE, WHITBY A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN In order to ensure an adequate supply of rental accommodation in the Region, the conversion of existing residential rental units to condomirium tenure may be permitted only if the following con- ditions are satisfied: a) the rental vacancy rate for the whole of Durham Region is 3% or higher, as deter- mined by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (C.M.H.C.) .or by the Regional Planning Department in the absence of C.M.H.C. figures; b) the rental vacancy rate as determined by C.M.H.C. or by the Regional Planning Depart- ment in the absence of C.M.H.C. figures,is 3% or*higher in the area of application applied as follows: 1) Pickering/Ajax; il) Whitby/Oshawa; lii) Newcastle; and lv) Scugog/Uxbridge/Brock. c) the approval of such conversions to condo- minium tenure does not result in the reduc- tion of the vacancy rates below 3% in accord- ance with a) and b) above. In addition, the Councils of the respective area municipalities shall be encouraged to provide fur- ther detalîs regarding the criterla to be considered during the evaluation of new condominium and/or conversion applications as required. Subsequently, the Regional Council will consider the recommendation of the Planning Committee at a meeting to be held on: May 26, 1982 AT 10:00 A.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS REGIONAL HEADOUARTERS BUILDING 605 ROSSLAND ROAD EAST, WHITBY Information related to the proposed amendment is available for inspection in the offices of the Plann- ing Department, 105 Consumers Drive, Whitby, or by calling Mr. L. Kotseff, M.C.I.P. Planning Depart- ment, (416) 668-7731. Requests to appear before the Planning Commit- tee as a deputation concerning the proposed amendment must be forwarded to Dr. M. Michael, M.C.l.P. Commissioner of Planning, 105 Con- sumers Drive, Whitby, Ontarlo L1N 6A3, and must be received by the Friday preceding the meeting. Requests to appear before Regional Council as a deputation concerning the proposed amendment must be forwarded to the Regional Clerk, Regional Headquarters Building, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A3, and must be received 48 hours prior to the Regional Council meeting. Gary Herrema C.W. Lundy, A.M.C.T. Rogional Chairman Regional Clerk Dear Sir: i was pleasantly surprised to see the first win column in your paper. How- ever, after *reading Roxanne Reveler's article "An Inexpen- sive Guide 'to Wine", April 21, 1982, my optimism turned to "sour grapes." The author begins with the in- tentions of recommending in- expensive wines and sorting out some of the confu- sion surrounding wine selection. She has had, I believe, little success in both areas. Although the author decries pre- sumptuous advice, she seems to pre- sume some.. questionable trends in wine drinking. The author pre- sumes that: a) a teenager wishing to sample. wines should set up a wine cellar, b) eight bottles of wine rep- resent a sufficient number to define one's preferences, c) that women pre- fer "pretty" colour- ed wines, d) that the more money one spends, the drier one's taste should be. These miscon- ceptions only add to the miasma of confusion already existing about wine. I realize that recommending spe- cific wines from the vast L.C.B.O. offer- ing is somewhat akin to counting angels on a pin- head. It is a difficult task, but I question the soundness of some of the advice recommended in the article. If one wants a dry sherry, then surely Reveler's suggest- ed Barnes Golden Diana with a sugar content of (8), would be out of the question. The other dry sherry offered, Tio Pepe, is out- rageously over- priced. The L.C.B.O. Very Pale Dry Sherry would be a most suitable sub- stitute at a fraction of the price of Tio Pepe. Further evidence of misguided ad- vice is contained in the advice for those "over - 30 - with - money - to - spend." After an inadequate definition of "vin- tage" the author recommends two so-called vintage wines. The problem is that neither of the suggested wines has a vintage date. The suggested dry red, Gevrey-Cham- bertin, is indeed a lovely commune wine, but the $32.50 price tag should ex- clude it from an inexpensive g The section o article fails bo an "inexpe guide", and- guide for k ledgeable sumers. For suggested $1 budget a disce buyer could chase at leas teen bottles quality wine, r than the ten p chosen suggested. The most ling aspect of article is the al total disregar Bordeaux wines. To iç Bordeaux, is t nore the best v in the world. S a representativ lection of should in more than one this area. It al goes without ing that an knowing any about w realizes that a cellar should built on a st foundation of deaux. While r of the renown deaux wines aî tended for lons ing, there dozens of inex sive bottles everyday drini Wines such Beau-Rivage, mons Superi and Beauchois well-suited to purpose. And, stead of spen over $70 for a and two cI pagnes, one c buy four or five ties of good deaux and still money left over. Thus, the art seems to fall s of the mark in se ulde. aI ways. I believe f the most inexperienced th as wine drinkers nsive would rather sam- as a pleafewwinesata çnow- time rather than con- racing ta the the L.C.B.O.ta pur- 57.00 chase a wine ceilar. rning A wine cellar pur- should evolve gra- t fif- dualiy, as ones of taste and exper- ather ience with a variety oorly of wines deveiops. ones Although the author admits her puzz- inexperience with this wine, I feel this is most certainly one case d for in which the "biind style leading the biind" gnore principle fails. 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