British Embassy, together with Šumadija’s Winery Association and “Color Press Group” yesterday in the Elsie Inglis House (residence of the British Ambassador) organized the event “Food Is Great”, which coincided with the visit by Darrel Joseph, a distinguished wine expert and one of the authors in “Decanter” magazine.
The event kicked off with an interesting panel discussion featuring:
– Darrel Joseph, expert in wine from the region of Central and Eastern Europe
– HE Denis Keefe, British Ambassador to Serbia
– Veselin Despotović, owner of “Despotika” winery, representative of Šumadija’s Winery Association
– Don McCulloch, owner of British – Serbian Winery “McCulloch”
After the panel, the guests had the opportunity to taste specialties prepared by Aleksandar Pavlović, chef from the British Ambassador’s residence. Aleksandar presented to the guests a number of typically British specialties, whereas the Winery Association presented specialties from the region of Šumadija.
Darrel Joseph will hold a master class on June, 11 th in Topola, with the subject “Wines from Šumadija”, within the Third Festival of Wines from Šumadija, organized by Šumadija’s Winery Association.
In addition to British – Serbian wineries “McCulloch” and “Raj”, members of Šumadija’s Winery Association had their presentations in front of the guests, including: “Kraljevska Vinarija”, Winery “Aleksandrović”, Wine cellar “Radovanović”, Winery “Despotika”, Wine cellar “Stari hrast”, Winery “DeLena”, Winery “Rogan”, Winery “Art Wine”, Winery “Arsenijević, Winery “Tarpoš” and Winery “Madžić”.
The event was organized as part of the project #FoodIsGREAT, which is conducted by the Embassy in collaboration with “Color Press Group”.
