ON THE ORTH SHORE IT was thanks to the military manoeuvers of German Submarine U22 in 1916 that well-heeled ‘ wine-lovers were able to . Sample a rare treat at the Four Seasons Hotel early ” last week, Three years ago, wine experts believed there were. only a few bottles of Heidsieck & Co: Monopole 1907 Goiit - Américain champagne left in _ the world. ‘They were wrong. There were 4,400 hundred bottles of it, still aboard the two-masted Swedish schooner Jénképing, where she rested in the cold, brackish Baltic sea since her sinking by U22. ‘The champagne, along with 67 large barrels of Cognac and 17 regular barrels of port and red wine had been headed for the Russian Imperial officer corps gar- tisoned in Finland during World War 1. It was something of a preemptive strike by the _ Germans — though it wasn't as if they thought a pack of contentedly wined and dined Russian officers would pose 4 bigger threat than those forced to drink cheaper stuff. Jénkiping also carried material for building a railroad — always handy to have around during wartime — so down she went, 64 metres into deep blackness. As it turns out, four- degree-Celsius, black-as-pitch water is just the right spot to stare champagne for almost a century, When part of the golden “cargo was raised by divers TABLE TABLE HOPPING PICK OF THE WEEK Overhaul brightens pub Pemberton Station Neighbourhood Pub, 135 Pemberton Ave., - North Vancowver, 984-3558. Visa, MasterCard and American “Express accepted. Open from 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday to : Thursday; open from 11 a.m. to] a.m. Friday and Saturday. CAA recen y completed Station overhaul has brightened and . energized the 32-year-old commercial /industrial area heighbour- “hood pub. “A new covered outdoor patio feazures fresh air and barbecued menu items.° “Inside fresh air is also featured — ~ Pemberton i is now non- moking — along with Courtticy Stowell’s new menu. Salads, sandwiches; burgers and pasta prevail. Add in 19 TVs and live bands on, ‘weekend nights and you have a aneighbourly sports bar on the: right Side ‘of the tracks Culture working for a Swedish-led sal- vage operation called C-star in July of 1998, oenophiles lucky enough to taste it said a blind tasting would put its age at 10 years, “This wine is completely exceptional and surprising,” wrote Claude Maratier, a Paris-based wine writer. “Its immersion up to the present seems to have been an indis- putable factor of its perfect conservation.” Which could be why a bot- ue of the stuffis now valued at approximately $5,000. And for 50 guests who could swing it, the $250 a plate ticket to last week’s Four Seasons dinner offered an opportunity to judge for themselves, and decide if the loss to the Russian officers was their own great gain. According to some who were there, it was true to the alder, medium-sweet style of champagne and drew descrip- tors like “rich, toasty and bur- tery.” The hotel’s event was a joint Hester Creek and Monopole winemaker’s din- ner, featuring five courses, each served with complemen- tary wines and champagnes, CnuK Soup of the Day or Grilled Vegetabie Bruschetic: Peppered Boursin Encrusted Loin of Lamb or Broiled Wild Salmon e The Meringue Swan or Traditional Strawberry Shortcake Eas 8 Benny only $5. 95 Month of June c..H Sunday Eve: Roast. S05 only $9.9 _ Meath $9.95 and finishing with a one-ounce tasting of the “shipwrecked champagne.” In fact, thanks to a friendship between the prin- cipals of the two companies it was the only North American dinner this year to serve the celebrated bubbly. * Lovers North Vuncouver only: Marine Drive & ziiber mn Gehing Shell) Not vale with any other , | 95 all you can eat! MONDAY-FRIDAY ‘SUNDAY. BR UNCH: ‘10. 5 ail you can eat! Best Indian Cuisine . 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