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Last Saturday night the fermentation hall at the Delicata winery on Paola waterfront was fleetingly transformed into a fully seated restaurant area serving food and wine to over 180 people. Delicata’s very first ‘November Nouveau Night’ which was fully booked was a resounding success in an environment that was truly unique.

Subsequent e.mails from diners have stated “We were treated as if we sat in a five star location, the food was fresh, genuine and very tasty and the wine was excellent”. “This event has presented to us a unique experience”. “What a fantastic event, the food was great, the wines were exceptional and the music was excellent”. “Our table had a wonderful evening and what a great experience to try wines directly from their tanks, they were outstanding, so fresh”. “Loved the balloon idea, slick, simple and efficient, every time we pulled it, wine would appear in a flash”.

This last comment praises the innovative, novel, idea which was introduced for ordering the wine. On the back of the chairs long stringed balloons were attached and all people requiring wine had to do was pull down the balloon and one of the Delicata ‘wine girls’ would race over to re-fill the empty carafe with either red, white or rose wine depending on the customers preference.

A spokesperson from the winery said “We were delighted with the turn out and the very positive comments we received from people after the event. All went according to plan on the evening, making it a great success. In particular we would like to thank Maypole for serving up good honest, tasty food, in ample portions; George Curmi and his partner for their fantastic (as always) performance; All the Delicata staff involved in setting everything up, especially Marco Falzon, and the waiting staff who did such a great job under a lot of pressure. Finally we would like to thank the ‘wine girls’ for their attentive service of wine from ‘the tanks to the tables’ and of course all the people that came, without whom the event would not have been the success it was.”