HATTEN WINES MEET LOMBOK SCENE

Gigi van Kuijk, Director of Sales & Marketing for Hatten Wines and Two Islands Wines, has a busy time when she was in Lombok recently for a long weekend.

On the morning of Saturday, 28 June Gigi held two training courses for around 80 employees of Lombok's hotels and restaurants. The training sessions, held at Marina Cafe in Senggigi, foccused on the Two Islands range of Wines and included product knowledge, sales technique, as well as correct handling and storage of the wines.

Late in the evening, Gigi, together with Pak Alfi of Marina Cafe and Square Restaurant fame, hosted a special wine tasting evening at Square Restaurant. The event was attended by around 80 of Lombok's Leading hotel and restaurant owners and managers, as well as invited guests, who enjoyed a generous sampling of the Two Islands Shiraz and Chardonnary wines. Guests were served canapes prepared by Square's new Executive Chef, Wayan Budiana, recently transplanted to Lombok from Mozaic Restaurant in Bali.

On Sunday, 29 June, Gigi joined a select crowd of guests at the newly-opened Qunci by the Sea Restaurant at the stylish new Qunci Pool Villas in Mangsit. Lucky guests were treated to free flow champagne and a special tasting menu prepared by Edy and the kitchen team at Qunci Villas. Each table was given a different selection of five courses and asked to rate the food in terms of presentation and taste...a mammoth task for the chefs and the most enjoyable afternoon for the guests! Later in the afternoon, Gigi manned the Hatten Wines booth at the Indonesian Chef association "Food, Wine & Cooking Demo" held at the Sheraton Senggigi Beach Resort. Hatten Wines was one of the major sponsors at the event, along with Mamas, Bali Moon, Sukanda Jaya and others.