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The main reason given forward is that the renovation work at the venue, the Radio Club Pier is being further delayed due to the late monsoons. Also, the sponsors DNA, Upper Crust, Time Out and the Bombay Wine Club have indicated that Friday October 02 being a holiday may keep many visitors away on the long week-end of 2-4 October.
October 13 being the assembly Election Day in Maharashtra might mean that the government declaring Oct 11-12 as dry days. This weekend is followed by the Diwali weekend of Oct 17-19, which keeps people busy with their own programmes.
To be held on both days from 11 am-11 pm, the two day event costing only Rs. 550 a day with online bookings is a great opportunity for people to come and taste over 50 wines from more than a dozen wineries that include Chateau d’Ori, Four Seasons, Vin and Valour, Vinsura, Vintage Wines (Reveilo) and Zampa
Besides plenty of wine, the organisers promise wine appreciation talks by experts, cheese tasting, barbecue, gourmet finger food.
Events like this are a great learning experience, where one can not only taste and compare wines for oneself but also ask any number of questions to gain wine knowledge. In wine, as they say, there are no silly questions-only silly answers. Besides, the event offers a great value for money and should be on a must-visit list of every wine lover or even someone only curious about wine.
A word of advice- as the organisers point out, it is a wine tasting festival. DelWine recommends tasting (the event also gives an opportunity to learn spitting out rather than drinking, which the organisers have omitted mentioning about) all the wines or as many as possible-50 a day is not difficult to taste. And remember, wine in excess of the equivalent of standard 2 glasses a day (250 mL) is harmful for health due to alcohol. |