Still Indian Wine Viognier

B'day cake & Wine

Wine Roses & Still Indian Wine - Viognier

When it comes to wine I’m no connoisseur, I’m more at home with baking and find joy in cooking. But, off late I’m getting down to the nitty gritty of wine tasting. In one of the earlier wine tasting and food paringevent organized by GingerClaps, I got the first hand experience of 4 S's of wine tasting: Seeing, Swirling, Smelling and Sipping.

And now, here is my first experience still Indian Wine - Four Seasons Viognier.

I saved this wine for a special day – my partner’s b’day. And just before dinner, there was a strong downpour in Bangalore, apparently due to a low depression in Bay of Bengal.

Four Seasons Viognier, comes under the Still Wine category. Meaning, this mine contains no carbon dioxide. So, basically it’s devoid of sparkle or effervescent qualities.

Interestingly, Four Seasons Viognier is from the Western Ghats Wine, a region endowed with the perfect natural conditions for yielding fine French varieties of wine grapes.

Tasting this Indian Wine gave a whole new experience, a different taste than Merlot wine. The dry white wine with aroma from white peach presented an opulent lushness.

Call me totally unorthodox or naïve or even experimental. I had different accompaniment for this wine. I had couple of freshly baked cupcakes, and then the ended with tuna cutlet. I had to say this. Fish cutlet and still Indian wine was an awesome combo. Maybe, it’s the oddness, or the entire mood made, the moment more memorable.

Price for Four Seasons Wine - Viognier

Market price for this Indian wine is Rs. 650 per bottle. It’s the right price for the Indian wine. And you might as well gift this to your friend or have it for the next party.

More details on Four Seasons Wine

Website: Four Seasons Viognier

Facebook: facebook.com/FourSeasonsWines

Christmas Cake Fruit Mixing Ceremony - 2013

Had a wonderful Christmas cake fruit mixing ceremony at my residence Cake Baking Class Bangalore today in Bangalore, this occasion gives an opportunity to bring people together. Everyone rolled up their sleeves, wore disposable gloves and dug into the chopped dry fruit mixture.

White and black currants, chopped raisins, ginger chips, orange peel, candied fruits, glazed red cherries, dates spices of ground cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves were heaped on a big bowl and hand-mixed with rum and caramel sugar, it turned over and over again amidst lot of cheering..

The sloshed dry fruits were carefully put away in porcelain jar and sealed with cloth to rest till a week before Christmas. The containers will be turned once in a fortnight to allow the liquor to coat all the fruits, a portion of it was taken home by the students.

We also baked a Christmas cake with the fruits which was already soaked for 8 months.

The Wine making session also went well with lot of energy from the students while crushing the grapes, even this was stored in the porcelain jar for it to ferment for 42 days.

Merry Christmas!!!

South Indian Thali Meals Cooking Class Bangalore

Indians are known for having elaborate meals and the Swiss just loved the south Indian Thali meals. 

I had four swiss and one Indian who came in for a typical south Indian Thali meals cooking class.

They want to learn how to make Sambar, Dal, Rasam, 2 types of vegetables, lemon rice, pickle and payasam. I had a nice time with them, enjoyed seeing them eating the meal which they had cooked.

One my student Arianne after the cooking session wrote about her experience in her blog which is in German Language. http://ariannemaniglia.wordpress.com/ 

Live Hands at Cooking Indian Dishes

Happy With the Outcome

At the Table 

Enjoying Thali Spread 

Just After the Class - Happy Lot

South Indian Thali

Work-in-Progress - Making Roti

Small wonders in life - Baking Competition Judge

Had a chance to be the Judge for baking competition conducted by Inner Wheel Club of Bangalore.Good experience with all the wonderful participants, amazing dishes and really talented and creative crowd.

Prince George's Baptism Gown & Telma's Creation

Today the print and T.V channels flashed the images of Prince George's baptism. The christening dress wore by little prince was the replica of christening gown of 170-year-old gown used for every royal christening, including Prince William and his father, Prince Charles. 

When I saw the baptism gown wore by the young prince, and it reminded me of two christening which happened few months back in our family. It was my nephew Nathan's in Bangalore, and niece Michelle's christening in Trivandrum. . 

And among the fond memories during the christening, it was delightful to see two babies decked in beautiful, flowing baptism dress stitched by my Mom.    

The baptism gown stitched for her grandchildren was similar to the one worn by Prince George. She spend almost two two weeks to stitch each gown. Also, she took the pain to go to Commercial street in Bangalore to purchase the gown material, the laces, bows, etc.

When she stitched the gown, many folks passed comments on the long flowing dress, the frills, and embroidery work for the boy's gown. On the contrary, she insisted that the baptism dress for boys also has to be free flowing one.

I:m very proud of your creativity and talent, MOM!!! 

Baptism of Prince George

                               

Baptism of Nathan George Gomez

                                

                              Baptism of Michelle Stephen Gomez