No. 1 Wine Tasting Sessions
WW Wine Warehouse
Claim to be the largest wine shop in Malaysia which has more than 2400 square feet of wine displays and accommodates more than 20,000 bottles of wines from Australia, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Chile, USA, Argentina, and South African countries. WW Wine Warehouse offer more than 400 kinds of wines and imports a wide selection of champagne, red wine, white wine, sweet and dessert wine from over 50 labels.
Every month, WW Wine Warehouse
would be featuring wines to be sampled and tasted. The Good news is the session
is FREE!
Recent wine tastings features
Red Wine Labels:
Goldridge Merlot (New Zealand)
Schild Estate Merlot (Australia)
Danzante Merlot (Italy)
White Wine Labels:
Solo Chardonnay (France)
Jean Leon Chardonnay (Spain)
Albizza Chardonnay (Italy)
For more information on Wine
Tasting dates, you can get in touch with WW Wine Warehouse or feel free to like
them on their Facebook page
WW Wine Warehouse
10,
1 Puchong Business Park, Off Jalan OP, Off Jalan Puchong, 47100 Selangor,
Puchong, 47100 Selangor
47100, Malaysia
+60 3-8076 1080
Wine tasting sessions are held average of 3 times a month
ranging from weekdays and weekends. Wine
tasting time is usually set from 3.00 pm
to 7.00 pm
However RSVP would be required. Please feel free to RSVP
with Ms Tan @ 03-21413177
Nam Lee Cheong Sdn. Bhd.
44-1, Jalan Sultan
Ismail,
50250 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia.
Tel: 603 21413177
Fax: 603 21445818
No. 2 Wine Showcases
Another way of tasting wines for free from different origins
and get a good deal out of it if you decide to buy a bottle or two would be
attending showcases.
Check out
Malaysia International
Food & Beverage Trade Fair (MIFB)
2013 was their first year having a dedicated wine
session; we hope to see this feature again next year
Taste Malaysia
International Gourmet Festival (MIGF)
A showcase where you get to taste food by purchasing food
tokens and attend free Epicure Lifestyle Workshops
Malaysia’s Official
Food & Wines Show 2013 (FHM)
Last year, we had the privilege to taste wines from various
origins
FHM is usually
bigger than MIGF while this year MIFB has allocated a session dedicated
to wines participated by a handful number of wine industry players. My personal favorite is still MIGF as it is
mostly held in Sunway Convention Centre which is a more convenient location for
me than the other mentioned above.
No.3 Wine Dinner
Gusto! ItalianWine Appreciation Dinner @ Tujo Bar-sserie & Grill
Wine Dinners are held extensively
throughout the year by various wine importers at various locations. My
suggestion would be to attend wine dinner based on your preference on food. For
example, if you like Italian food, it makes perfect sense to attend a Wine
Dinner which features Italian cuisine. This is really a shortcut to learn the
food pairing as well as getting to know the wines in more specific manner such
as type of grapes, vintages as well as famous wine regions of the particular
country. However, if you are more adventurous, why not try some fusion food
with wines. I have heard of bird nest with wines! In addition, if you would
like to taste wine from combination country or regions, do attend wine dinner
organized by Independent Association such as SOMLAY.
If you wish to be part of the wine dinner offers list, do drop me an
email with your contacts and I would be able to hook you up with some of the
wine dinner organizers.
P/S-You would automatically be
notified on their stock clearance as well! Great,Right?
No.4 Wine Classes &
Wine Seminar
Now if you are getting serious on learning wines be it the
basics of knowing the grapes, regions, vintages to the more complex wine
pairing or even examination for qualification as a Sommelier, have a lookout
for classes or seminar organized by
Wine Daddy
1 hour theory, 2 hours tutored tasting, held on weekends
Entwine
As a niche food & beverage industry focused consultancy
and business solutions provider. Their services encompass specific industrial
skills training (wines,spirits, cigars, tea, coffee, overall service etiquette),
themed gastronomic appreciation sessions for private and corporate clients, brand
/ marketing product segmentation and focused media service. Entwine offers both seminars and professional courses which encompassed uette), themed gastron
omic appreciation
CIVB Official Bordeaux Wine Experience (if you like Bordeaux Wines :)
L’Ecole du Vin de Bordeaux (The Bordeaux Wine School) was
created by the Conseil Interprofessional du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) in 1990 with
the aim of bringing a better understanding of Bordeaux wines to professionals
and enthusiasts around the world! It sets the groundwork for all wine lovers to
explore their own ways of enjoying the huge variety of Bordeaux wines, tasting
the joyful moment and the different sensations brought by the wide range of
wines from the wine capital of the world!
BIVB Official Bourgogne Wine Experience
Bourgogne Initiation Sessions
Session duration: 90 minutes
Individual introductory sessions on the many facets of Bourgogne,
from its rich history, mosaic of terroir, expression of the varietals via its
sub regions, to the myriad of wine characteristics and classifications. Pick
your area of interest and be enriched! Among the initiation session themes:
i. Discovering Chablis
ii. The wine characteristics and classifications of
Bourgogne : climats and lieu-dits
iii. Côte de Nuits initiation
iv. Côte de Beaune initiation
v. Côte Chalonnaise & Macon initiation
Now if you are really serious, get yourself certified!
Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW)
The Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) is an international
certification offered by the Society of Wine Educators. It recognizes a high
standard of academic wine knowledge and the mastery of key elements within the
world of wine via this comprehensive program. Successful candidates are
entitled to add the appropriate post-nominal to their vocational signature, a
valuable credential and respected mark of a wine professional’s commitment to
personal career development and ultimately to the wine industry as a whole.
For more information you can always pay a visit to Entwine
website as per below:-
No. 5 Wine Club
However if you wish to be kept in the wine scene more often
than going for wine dinners but not as keen in going for classes or seminar, my
recommendation would be to join a wine club.
There a handful in the market which offers various packages
and prices but here are some of the Wine Clubs which catches my eyes…
Wine Club by Wine Talk
Launched with the motto
“The first of its kind in Malaysia”, Wine Club has no sign up fee and best of all there is no membership fee! That means you only pay for wines sent to you!
That’s not all, they are able to offer:-
* No delivery fee for Klang Valley delivery where it is
cases of 6 or 12
* One to one replacement if you don’t love the wines picked
for you
*If you are able to find the wine cheaper in Peninsular
Malaysia within 14 days, they would refund the difference
To summarized it, do have a view at the video presentation
by Mr David Stephan’s below titled none other as Wine Talk Wine Club-The 1st of its kind in Malaysia
For more information on Wine Talk, please feel free to visit
their website below:-
6 Degrees Horizon Wine
Club
sessions for private and corporate clients,
brand / marketing product segmentation
and focused media servic
The brain child of Mr. Kenneth,
he came back from Hong Kong approximately less than 1 year ago and found out
that the Malaysia wine drinking scene seems have been stereotype as a luxury
indulgence. Not only that, he noticed as well that when it comes to chilling or
dining out, Malaysia has a tendency to order liquor, spirits or beer to wine.
His reason on choosing wine is that wine selections are endless compared to the
number of liquor, spirits and beers as it is apparent that even wines from the
same winery taste differently each year depending on the quality of harvest.
Hence he has a vision to promote wines as not only as an affordable beverage to
enjoy but it is something that you would never get bored with. Therefore, Mr Kenneth makes it a point to
hold wine tasting at a price range of not more than MYR 200.00 per pax per
event.
So joining in 6
Degrees Wine Club is as easy as a click of a button and it is FREE! All you
have to do is just to LIKE them on their FACEBOOK page and you would be kept
posted on their upcoming events. J
Simple and Sweet!
There you have it, the above are my Top 5 suggestions to get
started with Wines, I bet there are a lot more other suggestions that you may
have experienced. Do feel free to share on the comments below. Oh Well, if all
else fails..May I suggest “hooking” up with a Sommelier? *LOL* Have a
“Wine”derful 2014 ahead!
