The art of wine tasting: All you need to know

Lorna Kipkosgei and Judy Ngene during a wine-tasting event at the Wine Gallery, Nairobi. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The sound of clinking glasses, and the smell of pizza wafts from across a nearby restaurant. Five ladies and one gentleman sit across from each other, and there are dozens of wine bottles and glasses on the table.

They are doing several things - holding their wine glasses over a white napkin and observing the colour. They are also swirling, sniffing, tasting, appearing to appreciate its taste briefly before spitting out the drink into a small bucket and rinsing their mouths with water.