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FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
NAIROBI WINE FESTIVAL 2019 In this issue, Noam Orr shares his passion for wine festivals and what readers can look forward to in the upcoming festival happening in Nairobi!
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very year all over the world, thousands of wine festivals are held to honour wines. Historically, a wine festival is celebrated after the first harvest of the vineyards which, in the northern parts of the world, happens at the end of September or October. The oldest documented wine festival was in ancient Greece a couple of thousands of years ago. This was to honour their wine god Dionysus. The ancient Egyptians dedicated wine to their god Osiris. Nowadays, wine festivals happen all year long with the purpose of exposing the consumer to new wines in the market, new culinary pairings and basically to get tipsy while you learn new things and our beloved Nairobi has not been left behind! We get to enjoy an amazing wine festival that adheres to international standards! The second edition of the Nairobi Wine Festival 2019 is happening on the 5th to 7th of July. Last year’s festival happened for the first time ever in Kenya organized by Baraka
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events and Eatout. The festival was sold out 10 days before and hosted more than 1,700 guests that got to sample more than 30 different wines from all over the world paired with cheese,chocolate and a selection of gourmet cold cuts. This year’s festival will be bigger and better with 3 days full-on wine activities that without a doubt will create new standards for festivals in Kenya. Happening at the Trademark Hotel at the Village Market, guests will enjoy more than 40 wine tastings from the best wineries in the world. That’s not all: each guest will also get delicious gourmet bitings including deluxe cheese, cold cuts, chips and sweets. During the festival, there will be live cooking by the best chefs in Nairobi and more than 20 wine masterclasses with professional sommeliers. The VIP ticket holders, in addition to all that wine awesomeness, will get a private VIP chill-out zone, a limited edition exclusive gift by Sandstorm, private masterclass sessions
and luxury private champagne tasting from the best champagne wine houses in France. All guests will get their own branded wine menu that they can take back home with them and a festival site map that will guide them during their wine exploring weekend. And if you’re truly a wine lover you can get the Full Weekend Pass that gives you unlimited access for the whole 3-day festival!
For more info and tickets (before they’re sold out), see below: Tickets: www.ticketsasa.com Info: Info@nairobiwine.com / 0791389771 Https: nairobiwinefestival.com/
