"FOUR SEASONS, the flagship brand of the company, captures the colors and moods of the four seasons, with three reds (Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Merlot); three whites (Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc and Viognier); and, a Rosé (Blush). The Barrique Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and Barrique Reserve Shiraz are the premium offerings of the Four Seasons portfolio. These wines have been aged in imported French oak barrels for 9 months before being bottled." (Source: HERE)
Wine was always deprived from my tasting list unless and until I got the opportunity to
go through a long educational wine testing session by the Four Seasons, where
the whole show got conducted by Mr. Peter Mitter last year. The event was an
eye opener for me and I better understood then how one should drink wine along
with which kind of food. The marriage between Food and Wine is made in heaven
for sure and we all people in earth taking the full pleasure to savour it.
On an
invitation by the esteem Four Seasons team led me to witness the Master class
International Vine &Food pairing Festival at Taj Bengal a couple of days
back. This was for the first time the more than hundred famous International & National brands came under
one roof to showcase a tasting session along with the choice of best food by the talented and reputed chefs from the Taj group (Some got invited
internationally too) to an esteem group of people. My tasting session started right from the
Four Seasons stall where the display of all
the range of wines from Four seasons got
sampled including Viognier, Chenin
Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Blush, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon etc and my
personal favourite the Barrique Reserve Cabrenet Sauvignon and Barrique Reserve
Shiraz. Four Seasons produces wines from grapes grown around
Sahyadri valley in Maharashtra, India and at its state-of-the-art Four Seasons
winery near Baramati, around 65 kms from Pune. It aims to drive interest in
wines and wine consumption by offering good quality wines at reasonable price
points with packaging options as well as education and engagement. The Master class session of each brands made
the tasting session more interesting when one got to know the birth
history of the a wine till it gets
matured.
Chief Wine Maker of
Four Seasons Mr Abhay Kewadkar's master
class was really an eye opener which covered the points like the right Choices
of Oaks, Origin of the Oak, the Coopers Craft, The Flavour notes from the Barrel,
What does a Barrel do, The Barrel Basics etc.
Moving on to all the other national International brands what tickled
the taste bud was the array of foods on display and that was also direct form
the famous Chefs' stalls stationed there. For the first time taste the Rabbit meat sauce with Fettuccine. Though I was a bit skeptical how it would be, it really tasted very nice. Chef Sujan's special Gondhoraj Griddled Kolkata Beckti with Portobello Mushrooms was another dish, worth too mention. The Crab meat cake with Guacamole was just out of the world. Got the
opportunity to taste the master class creation by the famous French Chef Marc
Thuet too. All the dishes for me were the perfect pairing to complement that evening with the different colours and taste of wines.
Last but not the least the wine that won my heart was the Sparkling wine from Bouvet. The french wine is the second oldest sparkling wine producer from Saumur in the Loire. The taste will give you the Champagne quality at a very significant price. Now its available in Kolkata Quest Mall too. Overall the whole event was a remarkably educational journey for me, mainly for the exclusive Master Class sessions. Talking with the Brand Sommeliers did break many myth and also gather a plethora of knowledge about the varieties of Wine. Its also a very proud moment to witness such event in our own city Kolkata. Hope to have this kind of event more here. With an ending note would like to convey my heartiest thanks to Four Seasons for extending the invitation for such great event.
[Disclaimer: Kamalika C participated as a guest of Four Seasons and the post solely based on the author's honest experience..] .
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