On 18 Feb 2006 all the roads led to hotel Nikko which was hosting “GREAT WINE FESTIVAL”. The main attraction of the whole evening was the grape crushing event  sponsored by our very own CHAMPAGNE INDAGE.

It was a beautiful evening, nice weather , weekend and you can see people pouring in to taste  all those beautiful wines. The event was held by poolside and there were  Winemakers from diff parts of the globe. I was surprised to see wines from Uruguay as it was my first time I tasted there wines but definitely they were good. Other  participants were Mihcel Gonet from France, Tabali from Chile , Ice wine from Canada, E & J from U.S.A., and from South Africa. Indian presence in this event was represented by Champagne Indage Ltd.

Evening was kicked off by the G.M. of the hotel. Guest were by invites only and you can see the wine connoisseur’s seeing, swirling, sniffing and sipping the wines and giving their opinions. The wines were very well complimented by array of pass around snacks and cheese selection. There was  live band playing which added to the happening evening.

The stealer of the show was the grape crushing event sponsored by Champagne Indage Ltd. I guess it was the first time Delhi was witnessed to  such an event. There were two  Chantilli queens who started the crushing and popping of the champagne. Everybody wanted to   enjoy this spectacular visual. The queens invited other people and they were happily joined by the budding stompers . It was the traditional way of kicking the harvest in many parts of the world and we wanted to share the tradition with the Indian public said Niyati Bhatt (Category Manager) of Champagne Indage.

Champagne Indage wants to make wine  part of culture. We are striving to make wine accessible to the mass then only we can think of tapping that huge market. Our brands Riviera, Chantilli ivy are already a rage. We have also launched “VINO”  in pet bottles in Maharashtra, U.P. and  is already talk of the town.

So everybody say cheers for those people who make an effort to provide us such great opportunities to enjoy wine.

Any hotels  or hotel management colleges interested in some wine classes or seminars may contact on-9810479011.

AJAY KUMAR GOTHWAL

TRAINING MANAGER