Tag: divinum

I’m volunteering for Divinum again this year, working in general logistics one evening and glassware two evenings. The first night, Wednesday, was fairly quiet – emptying out spittoons and making sure the bins were emptied.

Tonight was seriously more animated. I must’ve gotten my 10,000 steps in tonight, picking up crates of dirty glasses and trying to get clean ones to exhibitors in an orderly fashion. Those that were too impatient bribed the staff with bottles. Free market in action. Or they might just have been nice :)

Stand out wines from this year’s Divinum:

We’ve already put an order in for a case of S’escusu, but we’re debating between the rest.

Another evening on the logistics team at Divinum. This was the last evening of the salon, so things started out slowly but went crazy just after the doors closed, with all the glasses coming in for washing. Just a couple of thousand, really.

During my break, I went to spit check some of the wines that stood out from out 5 hour tasting session from yesterday. Some of them went from fantastic to meh, OK, but a few still stood out and deserve further attention.

At one point, near the end, all the exhibitors came in to empty their open bottles. We were aghast at seeing perfectly good wine being dumped down the drain, so we kindly asked them to… just leave the bottles on the table on their way out. In the end, all the volunteers had their pick of about 40 bottles.

I’m going to put my name in the hat to volunteer again next year :)

I volunteered to be part of the logistics team at Divinum. Spent 3 hours cleaning and polishing glasses,for a free meal and all the wine we could schmooze. Good evening!

We went to the Divinum wine expo this weekend. Waaay more efficient than the Caves Ouvertes. We must have tried wines from a dozen producers, if not more, and Katy was able to partake – given the fact that we live 5 minutes walking distance away. 

Wines of note:

Pinot noir, Cave de la Pinaudaz, Lonay
Rose doux, Mourvedre-Grenache, Cave Girardet, Lully
Auxerrois, Domaine des Ours, Dully
Cornalin Héritage, Domaine Varone, Sion
Dieci Cavalli, Mazzarotti, Sardinia
Nero D’Avola, Mothia, Sicile
Malbec single vineyards, Finca Orellana, Argentina
Amarone, Montesantoccio, Venice
Vinalba Malbec,Argentine, Bolle
Pinot noir Cuverine, Barrique, Maye, Riddes
Païen, Franc Tireur, Maye, Riddes
Muscat, Les Laudes, Maye, Riddes
Cornalin, La Coraline, Maye, Riddes