FINE Wine & Champagne India - Winter 2018

For our next course, Chef Adrian has proposed a Pea and Mint
Soup with Mascarpone Mousse, Buckwheat and Truffle which
might have ruffled some conservatives in the world of wine,
but not open minded and willing to experiment FINE guests.
H.E. Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner has
chosen a vibrant white – the O'Leary Walker Riesling Polish
Hill River Clare Valley 2016 – (instead of a bold red) to
move up the presentation order. “It’s a
certified organic wine since 2012 from
South Australia, Australia’s premier
wine growing region. The winemaker's
father, David O’Leary Sr., was Australia’s
Deputy High Commissioner to New
Delhi (1981-1983). A lovely connection
to India, to Ambassadors over the years,
and to the practice of Diplomacy. I just
had to present that here this evening”.
wine”. She describes the wine as a ‘sweetish’
and pleasant wine which carries itself well
and complements the Fresh Burrata with
Tomato Water Gel, Heritage Tomatoes,
and Air-dried Ham (without ham for the
vegetarians) as a perfect pairing for this
wine but reminds us that we have to have
this good wine with good conversation,
and very good friends! Alongside on this
flight, H.E. Vladimir Marić, Ambassador
of Serbia, is delighted to be back at the
FINE Table to present yet another wine
from Alexandrovic – the Varijanta 2014.
He skips the nose, palate, soil… and reiterates
that good wine (just like the one he
offered from Serbia) should be had with good
friends and good times.
Our FINE line-up of 14 did make Chef Adrian ponder. The
next flight is a white and a red from two regions – one in the
far far east in the Southern Hemisphere (New Zealand) and
the other in the far west in the Northern Hemisphere (USA)
– with the Pan-roasted Fillet of Red Snapper with Gnocchi,
Japan has brought a premium option
from Manns Wines, the Solaris
Koshu Old Vintage 2005. Madame
Patricia Hiramatsu is the spouse of
the Ambassador of Japan, whom “he
generally turns to when it comes to
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