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Wine Tasting with a 'Twist' 15
July 2006 |
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It was flagged as 'Wine Tasting with a
Twist' and this event at Duddenhoe End's Village Hall on July 15 certainly had an
hilarious twist to it.
Over 30 people attended the event and, after sipping away at their complimentary
drink, it was a case of getting down to the serious business of the evening of learning
how to blend wines.
The novice wine blenders were split up into eight tables and given a couple of glasses,
one of which contained a quality wine. Instruction and a demonstration was given
by Charles Hardcastle of wine merchants, Joseph Barnes & Co, and then, after
sipping the wine the novices were furnished with other bottles of wine and had to
put their palates to the test by blending these other wines to get as near as possible
to the original quality wine. And that was not as easy as it sounds.
 Buckets were provided in which participants were supposed to spit out the wine after
sniffing its bouquet and swirling it around the taste buds but it was noticeable
that, if a certain wine tickled the palate, it did not end up in the bucket! The
novices had eight tries at blending both red and white wines and it was obvious
long before the end of the evening that everyone was having a whale of a time.
 During the interval there was a 'shove the coin' event with the chance to win a
magnum of wine and this prize went to Colin Sparrow of Duddenhoe End. Everyone who
had bought a ticket for the wine tasting had their names - even if they were unable
to attend the event - entered in the grand draw for a case of wine. This prize was
sponsored by Genesis Financial Services and won by Maisy and Duke Blatchley, also
of Duddenhoe End.
This event raised about £205 for village hall funds but much more is needed to meet
the cost of recent repairs and redecoration work in and outside the hall.
Pictures and report by Di Pohlmann
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