Vasanth and his wife Gomati had joined us on the September the 3rd, they were on their first trip after marriage. They were planning to tour Coorg and Mysore over the week. Arun received them in Mysore, they went through the Nagarhole restricted road on the way to the homestay.

They were with us till the 6th of September, when they left back to Mysore; We had arranged for a place for them to stay in Mysore from where they could do sightseeing in Mysore before returning back home.

They went for the trekking, the spring waters and then they went to Bylakuppe to visit the Golden Monastry.

We also had a good suggestion from Vasant, rather that is a mistake from our side which needs correction.

We always ask our guests about the dietary preferences to come up with our menu and we also enquire if they consume alcholic beverages. We do not stock liquor in our homestay and we always ask our guests to stock up at Kutta or Gonikoppa, the last towns where they can find wine-shops. If our guest do consume alohcolic beverages, we generally offer a complimentary bottle of home-made wine (subject to availability) as  a part of the package. — but this is never ever mentioned in our website..and in fact I realize we never mention it anywhere!!

Vasanth is a “almost” a teetotaller in the sense that he only has tasted wine. When Arun asked him if he consumed alcholic beverages, Vasanth replied ‘no’ , without realizing that we give home-made wine as a complementary drink….:|. ..Better communication on the package would have helped….

Just for information: Wine making is a cottage industry in Coorg, Wine is made from several things here, Cherry, Gooseberry, Beetroot ..even Betel leaves. Most of wine is just a few months old, has little alcholic content and it is not exactly connoisseur material, but it is different.  Do remember to take some back.