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J C Leroux Wine Tasting : A Delight!

Good events are a rare case in Nairobi, not to forget a good drink. Willam Soklin, a  New York wine merchant once said, " What is  the definition of good wine? It should start  and  end with a smile." True to that saying, the wine was plenty and delightful at the J C Leroux wine tasting held at Alliance Francaise yesterday, 10th May,2012.

The  wine tasting  courtesy  of J C Leroux  Sparkling Wine  from Distell Winemasters opened the 21st  European Film Festival at Alliance Francaise with participating countries including: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Serbia & Switzerland. 

Below are  the sights and sounds of  the crowd and the wine, J C Leroux in sweet and dry variants that  paired up with the all sorts of cheeses and made the cocktail worth the while.


(From left): Ian Mwathi – Enigma Images, Wakenya Clewis, Redline PR and Trony Ingati from Loshy Limited

 (From left):Laura Coupe and Jackie La’ France

Karen Gikunda (Right), Brands Manager Distell Winemasters serves Douglass Macharia (Left) – Embassy of Spain
 

 (From left): Carol Warui- Redline PR, Federic Olivieri – Cultural Cooperation Assistant Embassy of Spain and Wangari Murigu – Qnet
(From left): Tabu Osusa – Ketebul Music, Gerard Saby – Director Alliance Franciase, Msa and Helene Bekker – Executive Director Alliance Francaise de Nairobi

(From left) :Peter Schilter, Country manager Swiss Air, Martin Voskamp, General manager, Hilton Nairobi and Marian Voskamp





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