Dionysus,
the God of winemaking and wine, never ruled over my mind with its power of luring
and the variant glory of its intoxicating mesmerisation until I visited this event. For me Wine was a good
read in the books, good display on the bars and good watch people enjoying
their glasses with romance. I had tasted wine once and then decided not to
taste it again.
Being a food blogger attending different food related events
and writing reviews on it are real fun and a part of our job too. I read so
many reviews on Wine trail Events by my fellow bloggers in different cities and to be honest rendered a likeness to this kind of events. A secret wish list already got
created - to attend one so too though the concept in mind is generated to gain
some knowledge about wine and witness how the event gets featured. And the
dream did come true when we got an invitation from the
Team Ginger Claps who organised an Event on Structured wine trail by Four
Seasons wine at The Conclave Club, Kolkata. No need to say the excitement spread
like a wild fire. But as the invitation came in a short notice that many
of our blogger friends couldn't make out as they were already geared up with
some other appointments.
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Excited, enthusiastic we were, Five Kolkata Food Bloggers, along with my husband as a guest representative, reached the venue on 6th July'13 in time though
the event started after 1.30hrs as many other expected Lifestyle and Fashion
Bloggers were not able to reach at the scheduled time. The session began with a brief introduction by exchanging our blog names then Mr. PPK Mitter alias Peter
Mitter, a
senior Manager with Four Seasons Wines,
UB Group took the
charge and presented the whole wine
PPK Mitter |
A total novice like
me in this wine world just got thoroughly educated and got answered of all the
myths that I stored in my mind. I never knew about the legion varieties of wine. I
never knew that if a fruit except grape is added to wine it should be named by
the fruit…like Peach Wine, Apple wine etc. I never knew how much wine is good for
health. The myth that wine is a ladies drink is totally ruled out. And this one is the only drink that can
nicely get paired with foods and only when we pair it with food we get the real
taste of wine.
I
was pretty scared and feeling embarrassed too thinking of when the tasting
session will began how I could manage to avoid it. But I didn't have to. Like
the other alcohol intake I also thought that it is like gulping, bottoms up and
finish. But Wine as sophisticated the
drink is, it has its own way of imbibing too. And it is the main goal of the
event that I found. It is like an eye opener to give us the knowledge about
Indian wine and how to relish the drink with the right taste of joy. You have to
glance at the beauty, inhale the aroma, swirl it and then taste the edification
of the drink. The types and the styles of Wine were introduced with the
samples. Three groups each divided it to three parts -
1.
Still/ Sparkling/ Fortified
2. White/Rosé/Red
3. Dry/Medium/ Sweet
The
tasting part is divided in to three parts - sight, smell and taste. The sight
gives you to determine whether it a young or matured wine. The smell will give
you get the aroma and the flavours of it. And the tasting will give you to decide
whether its dry, medium or sweet and also you like it or not. We are offered to taste five best wines from the
Four Seasons brand with a set of delicious appetizers though the food was served when we were tasting the last wine.
Vishal, tKolkata Food Blogger busy in Sight testing. |
First
we are offered Sauvignon Blanc from the white wine family,
a Pale Yellow Coloured, Clear and young
wine. It smelled very brisk with a
gooseberry zest, with the mild tinge flavours of asparagus, capsicum. Taste
wise it is mild acidic and dry (with no sweet content).
Next
came Viognier another white wine. The colour of it is clear and yellowish like
a straw colour. It smelled more like peach with a mild aromatic flavour of
cinnamon. Taste wise it is also acidic, sour and dry.
The next one came from the Rosé Wine Family- Blush. Blush
as the name denotes it has a majestic rosy blush colour. It smelled floral and
tasted medium.
The
came Shiraz the red wine. The colour is
dark red and smelled spicy and smoky. When it comes to red wine it is always
suggested to pair with red meat.
Lastly came the Barrique Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon,another red wine. Most of us liked the taste of this one. It is mild acidic with fruity flavoure but gives a very pleasant taste when you sip.
We were served by The Conclave Club group delicious appetizers and thanks to all the member for the wonderful service they did silently and very professionally.
Lastly came the Barrique Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon,another red wine. Most of us liked the taste of this one. It is mild acidic with fruity flavoure but gives a very pleasant taste when you sip.
We were served by The Conclave Club group delicious appetizers and thanks to all the member for the wonderful service they did silently and very professionally.
Kolkata Food Bloggers |
We
thoroughly enjoyed the event. Mainly a wine hater like me really liked all the
tastes. Good wines really play the magic.
We look forward for many more events like this, which can enrich our
knowledge and open a door to a world which sometimes just kept covered behind
some myths. It is also good to see that Indian market is now rolling with the flow of good qualities of White wine and Red wines in a much considerate rate too.
To know
more about Four Seasons Wine please visit to the below links:
http://www.fourseasonsvineyards.com
https://www.facebook.com/FourSeasonsWines
For more reads from other Kolkata Food Bloggers please visit to the below links:
1. Vishal Tupper & Amrita Gill
2. Sarani Tarafdar.
3. Poorna Banerjee.
[P.S: This is not a paid event review or not a promotion or not I am recommending to alcohol intake. It is an experience what I like to share with you all.]
http://www.fourseasonsvineyards.com
https://www.facebook.com/FourSeasonsWines
For more reads from other Kolkata Food Bloggers please visit to the below links:
1. Vishal Tupper & Amrita Gill
2. Sarani Tarafdar.
3. Poorna Banerjee.
[P.S: This is not a paid event review or not a promotion or not I am recommending to alcohol intake. It is an experience what I like to share with you all.]
5 comments:
Wow kamalika well describe. Good to know about wine. Love to reading your Structured Wine Trail post.
Wobderful post Kamalika :)
Amazing pics. It was an afternoon we will all remember for the longest time. Very well written.
I loved your post...was really nice meeting you. The pictures are beautiful.
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