To forget about the dark and cold settling in in Helsinki the office went out for a classy “Grand Cru” tasting experience and fine dinner last Tuesday.
(with a name like Grand Cru this had to be done at some point, and sooner is always better!)

It all took place in the basement of Carelia, a unique restaurant established in an old pharmacy from the 1920s with a touch of “French brasserie” about the decor. Even though we had a private room under the main restaurant hall, I can assure you that by the end of the evening even the restaurant’s guests upstairs could feel and hear the fun radiating from the room.

The grand evening kicked off with a local wine enthusiast teaching the team the art of wine tasting sprinkled with some funny historical facts about wine, some pointers on French geography (careful I might test you guys soon) and finally… the tasting part of course, which everyone was patiently (or not) waiting for.

In total six wines were tasted by our budding wine enthusiasts: two sparklings, two whites and two reds, including Grand Cru wines. For each of them the instructor tried to acclimatise the cru to the different aromas of the wine, before and after the swirl, as well as the taste : fruity? , acid?, spicy?, short or long aftertaste?etc… Everyone very much enjoyed the tasting and it has been unofficially agreed that the next one would revolve around beer to stick closer to Game Industry standards…

The party continued at a hipster bar in Kallio for more drinks, chatter and laughter. The night wouldn’t have been complete without a stop at the office for some sauna and gaming time. But I cannot tell you more about that since, as everyone knows: what happens in the GC sauna stays in the GC sauna!