Tulleeho.com has a wide range of workshops that they do on Food &Drink and my hubby and I decided to go for the wine appreciation one! The trainer Alok Chandra has been in the wine business for quite a bit and he is very efficient in answering any wine related question. For people who would like to know what wine goes with what food(Red wine with red meat et al is very passe’), what kinda wine can be stored for future generations and what wine needs to be consumed within 2 years, How to read a wine label(Including whats not there!) was all covered in this 2-hour workshop.
The workshop covered 2 whites(Jacob’s Creek, Chardonnay 2005, Jacob’s Creek Reserve Chardonnay, 2005), One Rose’(Jacob’s Creek Shiraz Rose’), and two reds(Jacob’s Creek shiraz Cabernet 2005, Jacob’s Creek Reserve Shiraz). Pronunciations go: Chardonnay:Shard-O-Nay, Reserve:Re-serve-a, Shiraz: shee-raaz, Rose’: Rose-ay. The correlation of soil and climate(Terroire) on the wine was interesting to know and the impact of the vinification on the taste and quality was truly informative. No longer will I buy wine because it looked good or was bottled well. The label would give you explicit as well as implied information as to what would best suit your needs.
Topics like wine glasses, still wine, fortified wines and aromatic wines were all covered and questions were encouraged. If you are looking to attend similiar workshops you could log into https://tulleeho.com and register yourself. These workshops are covered in Mumbai, Kolkatta, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad and Chandigarh. The cost for individuals was 1, 500INR and for groups of 4 and above it was 1, 250INR. Pretty nice way to spend 2 hours of a Saturday eve.