I was invited to join a couple of friends for a wine tasting event at Crystal Wines @ River Valley Road. The winery is called Hubert Lignier – and when we arrived we were directed to the table to “deliver” the wine.
We were given a wine glass, and a stamp-card for the 7 samples – apparently, we were only meant to sample each wine bottle once until the 7 stamps were completed. This particular wine tasting didn’t provide a host to explain the differences, just a chap sitting behind the table that pours the wine, and briefly explains some of the background of the wine bottles – but it was a bit ‘limited’ in the terms of a more detailed run-down.
We ended up chatting with each other for a while, and we basically continued drinking, nibbling at the cheese until the wine tasting session ended. They didn’t seem to mind, I guess for them if the wine is open, they would have to finish to themselves, so might as well give it to potential customers 🙂
We did take a walk around the wine merchants/shop – and I did notice a nice display of Barolo Wines as well as Montupulcino – my favourite two Italian wines – but alas all wine in Singapore is very expensive. So I opted for one of the ‘weekly specials’ – the Windy Park Sangiovese – another nice red grape. I hope it tastes as good as it looks 🙂
I do hope that they do a Barolo wine tasting soon – haha!
Crystal Wines
491 River Valley Road
#01-02/03 Valley Point
Singapore 248371
Tel: +(65) 6737 3540
Email: retail@crystalwines.com
URL: http://www.crystalwines.com
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