Taste of Africa

So I was fortunate enough to be invited by my Chairman today to a wine tasting session organized by Barclays Wealth - Pinotage Wine Tasting Dinner at Raffles Hotel, a colonial hotel in Singapore, dating from 1887, visited by famous people including Queen Elizabeth II , Charlie Chaplin and Michael Jackson.

Pinotage, for those of you who do not drink wine a lot, is a red wine grape that is South Africa's signature variety. a cross between Pinot noir and Hermitage, hence the name.

The dinner started off with a pre-dinner out at the foyer of the ball room, where big bosses and directors in formal coats mingled, while I know for certain, were all sweating the crap out of their bottoms. Clumsy waitresses in white uniforms floated nervously among caucasians towering over them, balancing treys with orange juice and chanpaign on their palms. 'if only they were bigger palms', they might have complaint.

And then came the wine tasting session an hour or so later, with a variety of very yummy cheese and bread basically scattered around the ball room, and of course - 10 kinds of pinotage vintage. Ask yourself, what would heaven be like? Dinner was then a south african fine dine, 3 course meal, followed by vintage chocalate served on ceramic plates. not to mentioned, the great great people from around the world whom i dined with, interesting exchange on lifes from different corners of the world.

I really enjoyed the night.

P/s: got a bottle of pinotage as door gift TOO!