{"id":37677,"date":"2018-06-10T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T11:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kigali-marriott-guests-taste-10-new-wine-types\/"},"modified":"2018-06-10T11:19:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T11:19:53","slug":"kigali-marriott-guests-taste-10-new-wine-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kigali-marriott-guests-taste-10-new-wine-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Kigali Marriott guests taste 10 new wine types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organised in partnership with Akagera Business Group as the wine supplier, the second Kigali Marriott\u2019s Wine Tasting Evening was held at the hotel\u2019s Cucina Restaurant on Thursday, attracting a number of business people, members of diplomatic corps, media practitioners and other categories of the Kigali community.<\/p>\n<p>In an interactive sharing with the hotel\u2019s staff, participants tasted 10 neatly selected wine types including Kiwi Cuvee Malbec and Legende Rothschild from France; Kiwi Cuvee Grigio from Italy; Douglas Green Chardonnay Colombard and Franshhoek Cellar Shiraz from South Africa, among others.<\/p>\n<p>At the event, the wines were paired with a selection of delectable antipasti featuring vegetables, cheese, snacks and more. The new types find over 60 more wines on the hotel\u2019s menu.<\/p>\n<p>Kigali Marriott\u2019s Food and Beverage Director, Simon Hodson said the second Wine Tasting event featured wine brands that are enjoyable to everyone regardless of their level of familiarity with wines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have offered a completely new selection of wines tonight and will be on the list in our restaurants and bars. They are very palatable brands that everyone can enjoy; you don\u2019t have to be an expert in wines to enjoy them, you don\u2019t have to take them with a meal, they can be used anytime either alone or with antipasti or dinner. They are mid-priced but enjoyable wines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we have a more informal relaxed approach where you can see different wines and choose any that you like and you can go through all of them, accompanied with food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hodson said the hotel will keep introducing new products and services to keep guests satisfied, adding that for the rest of this year, the Wine Tasting will take place every two months on the second Thursday of a month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t keep serving our customers with the same things. As the leading hotel in food and beverage in the city, we want to keep bringing new things for our guests to enjoy. The guests\u2019 feedback tonight is that they have really enjoyed it and requested to have it monthly instead of every two month. If we see that demand increases and people want it monthly, we will accommodate that need,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the event mainly aims at informing the public that Kigali Marriott is not for elite only but accessible to everyone, saying that the hotel offers wines starting from Rwf35,000 a bottle and Rwf5,000 a glass. <\/p>\n<p>Having opened its doors in Kigali City centre in mid-2016, the five-star Kigali Marriott Hotel is part of Marriott International which is present in more than 110 countries with more than 6,000 properties globally.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25720 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/antipasti_was_served_with_wines_during_the_kigali_marriott_hotel_s_wine_tasting_event_on_thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Antipasti was served with wines during the Kigali Marriott Hotel&#039;s Wine Tasting event on Thursday\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25721 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/delectable_antipasti_accompanied_wines_at_the_kigali_marriott_hotel_s_wine_tasting_event_on_thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Delectable antipasti accompanied wines at the Kigali Marriott Hotel&#039;s Wine Tasting event on Thursday\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25722 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/delectable_antipasti_accompanied_wines.jpg\" alt=\"Delectable antipasti accompanied wines\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25723 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/delectable_antipasti_were_paired_with_wines_at_the_kigali_marriott_hotel_s_wine_tasting_event_on_thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Delectable antipasti were paired with wines at the Kigali Marriott Hotel&#039;s Wine Tasting event on Thursday\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25724 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/guests_examine_new_wine_types_during_the_kigali_marriott_s_wine_tasting.jpg\" alt=\"Guests examine new wine types during the Kigali Marriott&#039;s Wine Tasting\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25725 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_hotel_adds_10_palatable_types_of_wines_on_its_menu.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott Hotel adds 10 palatable types of wines on its menu\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25726 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_hotel_staff_joined_the_guests_to_share_wines.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott Hotel staff joined the guests to share wines\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25727 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_hotel_s_staff_interacted_with_guests_during_the_wine_tasting_event_on_thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott Hotel&#039;s staff interacted with guests during the Wine Tasting event on Thursday\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25728 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_s_food_and_beverage_director_simon_hodson_explains_newly_introduced_wine_types.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott\u2019s Food and Beverage Director, Simon Hodson explains newly introduced wine types\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25729 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_s_guests_enjoyed_wines_at_the_wine_tasting_event_on_thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott\u2019s guests enjoyed wines at the Wine Tasting event on Thursday\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25730 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_s_guests_interacted_as_they_enjoyed_wines_at_the_wine_tasting_event_on_thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott\u2019s guests interacted as they enjoyed wines at the Wine Tasting event on Thursday\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25731 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_s_guests_recommended_for_a_monthly_wine_tasting_event.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott\u2019s guests recommended for a monthly Wine Tasting event\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25732 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_s_simon_hodson_left_and_rex_a.g._nijhof_kigali_marriott_s_general_manager_far_right_interact_with_the_guests_during_the_wine_tasting_event_on_thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott\u2019s Simon Hodson (left) and Rex A.G. Nijhof, Kigali Marriott\u2019s General Manager, (far right) interact with the guests during the Wine Tasting event on Thursday\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25733 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_s_antipasti_paired_with_wines.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott&#039;s antipasti paired with wines\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25734 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kigali_marriott_s_chefs_had_prepared_good_antipasti_to_accompany_wines.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali Marriott&#039;s chefs had prepared good antipasti to accompany wines\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25735 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/wines_were_paired_with_antipasti_during_the_wine_tasting_event_at_the_kigali_marriott_hotel_on_thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Wines were paired with antipasti during the Wine Tasting event at the Kigali Marriott Hotel on Thursday\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kigali wine lovers have got yet new tastes as Kigali Marriott Hotel adds 10 palatable types on the menu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[115,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homeadvert","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37677"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37677"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}