A look at York Live 2012

January 30, 2012 · by Karina · in Events, In the news, Reviews, Wine

This post is a little overdue. On January 21, 2012 York Winery celebrated its second edition of the wine and music festival called York Live.

My first visit to the festival and I have to say, it was a blast. York’s quality wines combined with a well organised event and a truly stunning musical line-up, this is one party no one wanted to leave.

Even though the music started after a delay of a couple of hours, Something Relevant, in true form, set the mood for what would be a great night ahead. I really enjoyed Nepali singer-songwriter Ayush Shrestha’s set too. He’s also performing at Sulafest next week so am looking forward to hearing him again. Finally ShriLektric and headliner Karsh Kale ended the night with a bang. They managed to get everyone on their feet, crowding in front of the stage, asking for more.

Karsh Kale @ York Live

Another great thing about York Live was the pricing of the wine and beer (Budweiser cans @ Rs.150). The York wines were very reasonable, nicely chilled and oh so good! Everyone started the day with a glass in their hands and ended it sipping straight out of bottles. My choice for the night was the Sauvignon Blanc, but I brought back with me bottles of Zinfandel Blush (Rosé) 2009, Reserve Shiraz 2009, Sauvignon Blanc 2009 and Chenin Blanc 2009 to stock up the cabinet at home. There was quite a variety of food counters set up too serving everything from pasta to kebabs to dosa.

Price list @ York Live

Unfortunately, the festival wasn’t as well attended as expected. The 600-700 visitors that did make their way to Nashik were treated to a tour of the winery by York Winery owner Ravi Gurnani and Nikhil Agarwal of All Things Nice. I’m hoping word gets around before next year’s installment to make it a bigger success, because just as Ravi envisioned it, York Live really is a celebration of all the good things in life.

See more York Live pictures here