If you are looking for something to get you over the Wednesday hump try the weekly Fine Vines event at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.The price of the event is a steal, $15 to try five different high quality wines offered by Discovery Wines along with a plate of tasty nibbles.The Royal Gazette recently tried out Fine Vines, known in the industry as a “wine flight”. This evening was led by wine expert Christian Robertson, director of sales and marketing at Discovery Wines.“That title is just a fancy way of saying ‘wine slinger’,” he said jokingly. He showed a great knowledge and love of wine throughout the evening.There is usually a theme for Five Vines, and this evening it was ‘The Feminine Touch’ and featured wine made by women.“Female winemakers are getting less and less unusual thank goodness,” said Mr Robertson, “but it is true that the winemaking world has been dominated by men for a long time. In the old world wine was made by the church, usually the Catholic church, usually by monks and priests. Historically, that is how that came about. More and more female winemakers are getting into it now.”He theorised that female winemakers sometimes had a better palate and nose for wine than their male counterparts.“Of course, that is something you can’t really prove,” he said, “but I think sometimes women are more sensitive than men.”The first wine on offer was a Chehalem (pronounced sha-hay-lum) Dry Riesling Reserve vintage 2010.At the wine flight one women came up to Mr Robertson and asked for two glasses of the Riesling, right off the bat.“It’s been that kind of day,” she said going away with the two glasses of wine.Mr Robertson said he liked the Riesling because it had a very dry style.“It is very crisp, very refreshing for a hot summer day in Bermuda,” he said. “I also like to show this one because a lot of people think Riesling is very sweet, and there is nothing sweet about this one. It is very tangy. It is the same sort of acidity in lemonade. It goes well with Asian food.”He said the residual sugar in the wine would neutralise spicy food so it went well with Thai or Indian cuisine.The second wine on offer, Château Pégau Côtes du Rhône Blanc Cuvée Lône vintage 2012, was more of an aperitif wine and went well with shellfish, clams, muscles.“It is mid palate, so it has a lot of minerality to it,” said Mr Robertson.It was made with an unusual blend of grapes, including clairette, ugni blanc, bourboulenc and grenache blanc.The third wine poured was a 2010 Domaine Ferret Pouilly Fuissé made in Burgundy, France. The Domaine Ferret winery was owned by the Ferret family since the 1700s but began to fall into decline in the 1840s. Family matriarch Jeanne Ferret took over the running of the business and passed it on to her daughter Collette. Collette died after 13 years and the winery fell out of family ownership. Audrey Braccini is now the winemaker at Domaine Ferret and has been called a “(wine) rock star in the making”.The fourth wine excited the lit nerds in the crowd (ie; me) as it was made by an Australian called Jane Eyre-Renard. A certain publicist in the crowd was heard to ask “wait, Jane Eyre is dead, right”. Anyway, the Jane Eyre-Renard in question is a personal friend of Mr Robertson. The wine on offer was a dry red wine 2011 Jane Eyre Savigny Les Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses vintage 2011.“To be honest this wine is so young it is practically infanticide to drink it, but we had it on offer and it fit the theme,” said Mr Robertson. “Sometimes I will be very critical of wine, while other people will say that was great. Every now and again I have to refresh myself with the average palate. The taste of this wine will soften over time. In two more years it will start being very pretty and may last for another six or seven.”Nevertheless the wine has a great pedigree and its vineyard has Premier cru rank.The last wine of the night was a 2009 Sélection Laurence Feraud Gigondas from the Côtes du Rhône region of France. It had the aroma of black cherries, dried meat, and a touch of earth, among other things. It is made by Laurence Feraud who runs the Domaine du Pégau winery with members of her family. This wine, apparently, goes well with stinky cheese, grilled meats or chicken.The Fine Vines evening was well worth the $15. However, be warned that there isn’t that much food on offer. One wonders why Discovery Wines doesn’t simply add another couple of dollars to price and include some nice cheese or more appetisers. The event starts at 5.30pm a time when lunch has worn off. Plan on grabbing a bite to eat either at one of the hotels restaurants or somewhere else on the way home.