Not your usual wine dinner
This year’s Pirramimma Wine Dinner was absolutely not the usual wine dinner where guests were seated and served with food and wine paired for them already. This year’s dinner setup allowed the guests to pair the food and wine according to their tastes and preferences.
A sumptuous buffet was prepared by chef Robert Davis of the New World Makati Hotel. Of course, unlimited awardwinning Pirramimma wines were served by the winemaker himself, Mark Conroy.
Guests paired red and white wine with whatever they wanted — from risotto, oysters and dim sum to cheese to smoked salmon. I thought it was a fun and brilliant idea!
Conroy manages the sales, marketing and winemaking at Pirramimma. He blended and developed the War Horse, Ironstone, Grey Nomad, Eight Carat, Gilded Lilly, ACJ, Black Label Vineyard Select, Heritage Edition, Lions Gate and Wattle Park brands of the company.
Pirramimma was named the Australian Producer of the Year at the prestigious AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge 2015. Pirramimma, with a total of 19 wine entries, had a 100 - percent medal sweep with 10 gold medals and nine silver medals. There were 11,611 wine entries from 1,708 producers.
This year’s 16th Grand Wine Experience will be held on Nov. 4 at the Grand Ballroom of the Mar riott Hotel, Resorts World Manila. Philippine Wine Merchants will be featuring over 500 of the world’s most notable wines, including the award-winning Pirramimma wines. Also, Conroy will be there to present the Pirramimma brands.