It’s events like these that adds variety to a fairly predictable lifestyle.
On Feb 2nd, Chinamaya Raja, President of Alliance Francaise de Madras Committee, is organizing a series of workshops on wine followed by a guided session on wine tasting.
The part, naturally, that I’m interested is in the wine tasting bit. I’m no connoisseur and without the labeling on the bottle, I wouldn’t be able to distinguish between a Sauvignon Blanc and Benadryl. I’m looking up to this event to get better acquainted with wines.
I was never into wines, until I got to taste the wonderful Sula white wine at one of the TiE events in Delhi. I consciously ventured into wines during my European trips….positively hated a few, loved a few others. It’s a whole wide world in the winesphere and when people talk about bouquet and age, they lose me immediately. Time to pick up on the wine gyaan.
The wine tasting part is led by Mr Bruno Monange, a Medical Doctor from Burgundy, France and he has a small vineyard too where he makes wine for fun which he distributes to his friends.
If you are interested in attending, do get in touch with Alliance Francaise. The event has limited entries and from what I just heard, the response has been very good and the seats are filling up fast.
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Hi Kiruba,
I am a keen follower of your blog and after getting inspired by your writings, I started my blog http://premyz.wordpress.com (a beginner) this New Year.
I read your posts on the cigar smoking experience and now the wine tasting workshop. My feeling is that you being a renowned blogger should not endorse smoking or drinking as many people, especially youngsters are reading your blog.
Anyways, all the best for the marathon!
Prem
Aargh; give me a break. The moment Kiruba comes up with a post related to smoking, drinking, people jump on their seats and say, “Oh; this is bad, he shouldn’t do this, youngsters try to emulate him, blah, blah.”
If you know smoking/drinking is bad, you won’t be influenced by Kiruba or some XYZ saying that it’s good.
Now, if you say that a lot of “youngsters” are reading this blog and they won’t be able to judge things the right way, I say, “No one can save them”. If a boy is stupid enough to get influenced by a blogger he might not have eve seen in person, he is bound to be doomed anyway.
Note to Kiruba: I’d rather read these posts than the ones on technology and proto.in.
Krishnan,
The comment from premyz was aimed at kiruba and not you. But you seem to be taking it too seriously and making a comment. This is not an exception scenario. I see many people jumping for support the moment someone is critical of Kiruba’s blog.
This is his blog and he has the right to write whatever he wants. At the same time, he invites people to comment and people do comment. But moreoften the comments section turns in to a discussion forum and people keep fighting amongst themselves.
Everyone has their own opinion about the post and they have the freedom to the extend Kiruba allows it to post them. And there is no need to get fed up about this, especially when the comment is not exactly a below the belt kind of a comment.
I second Suresh Sambasivam.
But i do have to note, Kribs comments section is always an interesting read. Especially when people get frustrated!!
-Patrick Manoj
I think blogging is also reflecting what you feel without moderation..
Suresh and Patrix, I wasn’t defending Kiruba with that comment. If you read my comment carefully, you’ll notice that I was actually criticizing the attitude of people who say “smoking/drinking should not be glorified” and other crap.
I have just one thing to say. If you are sensible enough to understand that something is bad for your health, you won’t be influenced by Kiruba or anyone for that matter endorsing it. If you do get influenced, then it’s bound to happen that way. A person who’s stupid enough to get influenced by someone saying something, even if it’s bad for his health, is not worth worrying about.
Thanks for your opinions anyway.
I think there’s nothing wrong about expressing one’s view. Its upto the readers if they want to read it or not….
I get to know a lot about the events happening in chennai thru kribs.
Drinking is OK as long as you know the limits.
anyways keep your post coming
Act’ly its in one of the course in Catering college in Malaysia…How about Soda tasting workshop???You can get lot of sponsors paricularly Mappillai Vinayagar/Kali mark…can be sub divided into panneri soda, kara soda & colour soda…you can also do podcating that event…Think man
Kribs of all the people i know, u r the last person who can claim to have a “predictable lifestyle”. You also know that bugger
As far as telling the difference between Sauvignon Blanc and Benadryl is concerned, I am sure you can do that easily…after all u know Benadryl so well no ? Slightly below the belt 
, but see if u delete this 
First cigar, now wine, next perhaps women?!
Hi Kiruba,
I am a new friend to you who started to blog last week…
There is a word in Tamil
“kalavum kattru mara”
It is nothing bad in knowing about a thing but should not be addicted to that.
leopix.wordpress.com (baby blogger)
Awaiting for the upcoming blogs…
I was also about you to give the same comment like MOJO…woh..
Maybe thats why the delay is ..come on kriba..comeon..your speciality of blog is the updating daily..dont stop it..
Wine seems to be picking up in India..the last time I was in Pune I heard rave reviews about Indage- or a wine place on the highway..never had the chance to go..
Good good..I am so glad to hear about this..I dont debate globalisation and western influences but if we can eat a decent pizza and make a edible pasta..then wine should be next.
I like your blog..
Try Smirnoff events at Bsngslore..
They include Cocktails, Wines, Whiskies.. depends upon which workshop it is.