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Weekend wine
Wining is on cards as Pune Gourmet Club announces the Third Annual Pune Wine Tasting Festival to be held on coming weekend. “Visitors will get a chance to taste many new wines this year,” proclaims B Shankaranarayan of the Pune Gourmet Club also promising some choice culinary offerings and a truly unforgettable ambience. This wine festival will also offer an unusual canvas to well-known local artists. Several artistes have agreed to set up their displays at the festival and to express themselves in different media – canvas,paper,bottles,and ceramic plates! It will be held on December 19 and 20 at Rohi Villa in Koregaon Park 11.30 am onwards. Indian Wine Companion 2009 – the first comprehensive guide to the wines of India will be available for wine enthusiasts at the festival. This 100-page book covers a range of topics from a detailed description of wine grape varieties and the 10 commandments of wine tasting to a restaurateur’s guide to wine-buying and listing of all wines produced by nearly 25 wineries in India. This could be a great opportunity for wine-lovers as well as others keen on being introduced to the fascinating world of wines.