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Del Schloemer - The Old Lion is not forgotten
The Royal Cliff Wine Club educates the enthusiasts by Miss Terry Diner The Royal Cliff Wine Club held another tasting last week with Ekachai Mahaguna from Cannon Pacific wines as the moderator of the evening. This turned out to be a very educational evening, with Khun Ekachai, whose family owns the Domaine St. George Winery in the Sanoma Valley, California expounding on the differences between the descriptions of wines as being Vintage, Appellation or Varietal Content. He also explained how wine makers keep champagne wines to deliver a consistent quality and taste.
Four wines were tasted from the New World, two from Chile and two from California, and the Wine Club members could be seen assiduously applying the tasting methods learned at the previous meeting. The next meeting of the Wine Club should be a wine makers dinner in July and details will be published in the Pattaya Mail beforehand.
The local members of the international tourism and hospitality group, SKAL, had their monthly meeting at Hans Banziger’s Caf? Paradise this month. Not only is the SKAL organization international, the local members are also very international with such diverse countries as America, Germany, Belgium, Kazakhstan and Australia, as well as Thailand, having representation.
As a networking group, SKAL is a light-hearted club and as Murray Hertz (Caf? New Orleans) and a 30 year member of the club said, “We are here to enjoy ourselves as well as to do business.”The members welcomed the amusing speaker Joe Ratsamany, the director of industrial estate operations for Hemaraj Land and Development, who presented some interesting background details on the past, present and future of the Eastern Seaboard. From Joe’s talk, the best is yet to come, even more than the Eastern Seaboard’s 161% positive increase in investment value, year on year, last year. Those who might like to apply for membership of the local SKAL Club should contact club secretary Andrew Wood (GM Royal Cliff Beach Resort) or president Murray.
The energetic ladies at the Pattaya International Ladies Club have organized a Mystery Night at the Amari Orchid Resort on Saturday 2nd June in the Rim Suan Room, commencing at 7 p.m. With PILC president Julie Garratt masterminding a murder playlet of twelve performers, the question for the PILC members is simply to find out who did what to whom, when and why! Tickets are available for what is obviously going to be a great fun evening from Arlette Cykman, (038) 300 325. The cost of B.700 includes the buffet dinner as well as the fun, and the winner will get a mystery prize as well.
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It is one year since the sudden passing of Del Schloemer, the multi-talented
engineer who at 67 years of age was still managing industrial projects on the Eastern Seaboard. Del was one of those dynamic people who had the rare ability to see into the
heart of engineering problems, and at the same time steal into the hearts of those around him. He left his wife Cherie, and many friends here in Thailand, all of whom
remember him in so many different ways. Even at the Bira racetrack this month, mention was again made of Del, the winner of the inaugural race there in 1986. At that time Del
was 54 years old, and the Bangkok newspapers said, “Old Lion Schloemer shows them how to do it!” And he certainly did.
Ekachai Mahaguna (right) from Cannon
Pacific moderated the last meeting of the Royal Cliff Wine Club.
(Foreground L to R) Rene Pisters,
Paul from Poltony’s and Fred Wilson listen to words of wisdom from guest speaker Joe Ratsamany