Feast of Five
I'm engaging with all the senses and the latest crossmodal research at Church Road's forthcoming Feast of Five wine dinners across Aotearoa
All the senses are working together when you drink a glass of wine, influencing how you perceive its flavour. Starting this week, I will be cohosting a series of multisensory wine dinners across New Zealand with Church Road winery, exploring some of the powerful interactions between colour, sound, texture, shape, aroma and flavour. These will be the first multisensory dinners I’ve hosted since completing my PhD.
I have created multisensory experiences for a selection of the Hawke’s Bay winery’s top wines, which I’ll be presenting alongside Church Road winemaker, Chris Scott. As studies suggest, the more complex the drink, the more powerful the crossmodal effects, so this should be sensorially exciting! Diners can expect tasting blind and with different colours, matching wines with music, a sonic trip through the aromas of a Syrah, as well as exploring how touch transforms wine texture.
The Feast of Five dinners are being held at some of the country’s top restaurants, where the special multisensory experiences extend to the night’s menu. On Wednesday July 6 we’ll be at Auckland's Lodge Bar, on Thursday July 28 we’re at Shed 5 in Wellington, and on Wednesday, August 24th we’ll be at The Bunker in Queenstown. Tickets cost $175 a head — booking details for all the venues here.