 Full body red wine has good legs. So have the models stomping away in their designer clothes. It was visually as enjoyable to watch them crush the grapes brought fresh from their vineyard in Nashik as watching the deep colour of a young Shiraz and Cabernet which were incidentally also available in bottles to relish after perhaps initiating the fermentation at the perfect temperature of over 30 deg C.
The event was organised in conjunction with Upper Crust and The Club and is claimed to be the first of its kind in India, though Indage has been known to have initiated the concept, making it a media event in the past. Said Kiran Patil, Director of Vintage Wines to delWine, ‘they have been doing it in South Mumbai and as a part of the event organised by Upper Crust. We are the first to organise it in North and that too, not as a part of their event.
Reveilo is generally acknowledged as a serious player in the wine making arena and has always aspired to keep excellent quality standard even if the selling prices are slightly on the high side. The five wine varietals in the market and also available at this event sell in the range of Rs. 505 for the Chenin to as high as Rs. 875 for the reds.
Farzana Contractor, Editor of the Upper Crust magazine and Dinesh Khanna, Director of The Club and founder of The Anada Wine Club, welcomed the celebrity guests and cheered the stomping brigade.
Crushing is the process of gently squeezing the grapes and breaking the skins to liberate the flesh of the berries. Trampling barefoot has been the traditional way of wine making but now it is done gently by presses. A few wineries in Portugal still follow this method perhaps to keep the tradition alive.
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