http://www.indianwineacademy.comTop Stories Of Indian Wine AcademyTuesday, 15 Jan 2008(c) 2008, All rights reserved.enhttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/images/iwa_final.jpghttp://www.indianwineacademy.comWine connoisseurs of Delhi were treated to a host of wines from COTNARI, ostensibly one of the top three wineries of Romania, which had participated in the first ‘INRO Summit’, organised by UBCCR at Hotel Pullman Aerocity on 3-4 June, 2025, writes Subhash Arora who also conducted a Masterclass with 6 premium labels and tasted all 18 wines showcased and found them to be of very good quality and felt there was space for them in the market for connoisseurshttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Friday, 06 June 2025 11:50articles/item_2_968http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Friday, 06 June 2025 11:50Even as Vinexposium gets ready to organise the 4th edition of Vinexpo India in Delhi on 7-9 December, 2023 at Yashobhumi- the India International Convention & Expo Center (IICC), Dwarka, it has also announced that the 5th edition of its flagship exhibition, Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris on 12-14 February 2024 promises to be action-packed with even more regions and countries participating with 3,900 exhibitors and 72% higher presence , writes Subhash Arorahttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Wednesday, 25 October 2023 23:40articles/item_5_940http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Wednesday, 25 October 2023 23:40Indian Wine Day promoted by the Indian Wine Academy in 2017 is celebrated pan India normally on November 16, but Mumbai plans to celebrate it earlier this year with The Wine Growers Association of India presenting the Indian Wine Vintage 2023 at the Taj Lands End on 25 October with two Masterclasses by Peter Csizmadia-Honigh DipWSET, author of the award-winning book, The Wines of India, writes Subhash Arorahttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Monday, 16 October 2023 19:26articles/item_3_939http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Monday, 16 October 2023 19:26Italy is well-known for Prosecco, Franciacorta, Trento DOC wines and even Moscato d’Asti and Lambrusco bubbles which are generally sweeter but an Appellation that produces amazing sparkling wines due to higher altitudes and lower temperatures is Alta Langa in Piemonte as Subhash Arora discovered on his recent visit to Bava Winery in Cocconato in Asti Piemonte, after attending Grandi Langhe event, when he tasted a range of Cocchi Alta Langa DOCG wines and also Piemonte Brut DOC wines and found them really good and challenging for Champagne and Proseccohttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Sunday, 19 March 2023 23:40articles/item_6_927http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Sunday, 19 March 2023 23:40The world famous Australian singer, songwriter and actress Kylie Minogue who has sold around 8 million bottles in less than 2 years of the Launch of Kylie Minogue wines, will be present at the Stand of her distributor and collaborator Benchmark Drinks at ProWein on 19-21 March 2023, reports Subhash Arora who believes Indian wine industry could do well with a few celebrities like her in Bollywood, music industry or sports to showcase their wines and build brands with their followershttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Sunday, 19 March 2023 06:30articles/item_5_927http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Sunday, 19 March 2023 06:30In a major jolt to the Chandigarh Administration, more than 50 per cent of the liquor vends could not find any takers in the auction on Wednesday. Only 43 out of 95 vends went under the hammer with 62 bids, which has happened for the first time in Chandigarh, though the department has collected Rs. 19 crores (9.5%) more than the Reserve Price of Rs. 221 Crores from these auctions alreadyhttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Saturday, 18 March 2023 09:30articles/item_4_927http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Saturday, 18 March 2023 09:30Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has collaborated with the billionaire wine producer of Bordeaux Bernard Magrez and a new start-up called Winespace and has launched a unique competition called ‘Blend Masters’ with the first such event taking place on 13 April, 2023 at Grande Maison Bernard Magrez where 5 professional winemakers (blenders) will be pitted against each other to put forward their vision of ‘Bordeaux 2050’, the theme of the first edition, according to a Press Release, writes Subhash Arorahttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Tuesday, 14 March 2023 23:48articles/item_3_927http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Tuesday, 14 March 2023 23:48Whereas in the previous Part-1 we focused on Robert Joseph’s views on the Indian market, I also asked him wine related questions like wine and Food, wine and health and wine competitions and ratings and global wine trends, writes Subhash Arora who tried to found out how he used decades of his wine knowledge to make best business medal for Le Grand Noir wines and make it a very successful venture in the highly competitive world of wines .http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:48articles/item_2_927http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Tuesday, 14 March 2023 17:48Robert Joseph, the UK wine journalist, critic and author of global repute and a successful French wine producer and an important player in the world of wines, feels that Indian wine quality is a lot better than in the 1990s when he first visited Mumbai, and believes India could produce great wines one day though he would not guess in how many years; and also shared his views about the current global market, writes Subhash Arora who had an exclusive chat with him on the sidelines of MundusVini 2023 of which he is a Director and a fellow judge.http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Monday, 06 March 2023 09:12articles/item_6_926http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Monday, 06 March 2023 09:12The 32nd edition of the Grand International Wine Award MundusVini concluded the first leg of the 6 day competition, split into 2 sections of 3 days each with over 7500 entries from 45 countries, including 1 from Afghanistan, writes Subhash Arora who was the loan judge from India, with a field of 242 judges from 46 countries.http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Friday, 03 March 2023 10:40articles/item_4_926http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Friday, 03 March 2023 10:40As an Italian wine lover, you are familiar with the acronyms IGT, DOC and DOCG but a new acronym used to define soil and sites of their top-ended wines, Barbaresco and Barolo, Menzione Geografica Aggiuntiva since 2007 and 2010 respectively, would interest you even though it complicates the understanding of wines from these top DOCG Appellations of Italy, writes Subhash Arora who attended the Masterclass at Grandi Langhe 2023 in Torino and feels they may be only of academic interest to most connoisseurs in India but highlight the passion of winemakers and importance of soil in the complexity of flavours and bouquets of these wineshttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Saturday, 18 February 2023 13:45articles/item_4_925http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Saturday, 18 February 2023 13:45The tirade against Pernod Ricard India by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) , Indian watchdog against money laundering continues with the charges of cartelization and money laundering against the Indian subsidiary of the world’s second largest spirits company Pernod Ricard -the biggest exporter of wines to India, including the biggest single imported brand Jacobs Creek, and which is already in court in a case for additional customs duty demand, writes Subhash Arorahttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Friday, 17 February 2023 8:42 articles/item_3_925http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Friday, 17 February 2023 8:42 The two days wine event in Piemonte christened as ‘Grandi Langhe 2023’ organized at the OGR Turin (Torino) was very successful with 240 Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Dolcetto and Nebbiolo producers presenting their wines to the attending 3300 visitors from over 30 countries including Italy and India, writes Subhash Arora who attended the Tasting held on 30-31 January, 2023 and also visited a few of the participating wineries during the following 3 dayshttp://www.indianwineacademy.com/Monday, 13 February 2023 23:20 articles/item_2_925http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Monday, 13 February 2023 23:20 Despite heavy import duties of 150% on Scotch whisky and the continued clamour for reduction of duties by Scotch Whisky Association and Indian importers, and with the UK focusing on the ongoing talks on India-UK Free Trade Agreement, India has become the biggest importer by volume of Scotch whisky in 2022, displacing France, writes Subhash Arora.http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Monday, 13 February 2023 16:17articles/item_1_925http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Monday, 13 February 2023 16:17The New Year celebratory Brunch at Pluck Restaurant at the Pullman Aerocity on 21 January was very successful despite many members unable to attend due to pre-engagements, with the generously poured Sula Brut Tropicale acting more like condiment with most of the 60-plus delicious dishes served to members, writes Subhash Arora.http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Sunday, 29 January 2023 23:07articles/item_6_924http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Sunday, 29 January 2023 23:07Charging Rs 90 in excess for a bottle of wine has cost a bar and restaurant in Bengaluru dearly after a consumer court asked it to pay Rs 10,000 compensation to the complainant as the Bengaluru Urban District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ordered recently. ‘King Fish, Restaurant and Bar was ordered to refund the excess charge along with the compensation to the complainant. Subhash Arora reports.http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Sunday, 29 January 2023 14:00articles/item_5_924http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Sunday, 29 January 2023 14:00Barbaresco-based GAJA Wines is known for its super premium wines but the company has achieved an iconic status with its Single Vineyard wines like Sori Tildin, Sori San Lorenzo and Costa Russi in Barbaresco which had been ‘downgraded’ as DOC Nebbilolo when Angelo Gaja, the owner also known as Prince of Piedmont, decided to add Barbera to the only allowed grape of Nebbiolo but was invited back to the DOCG Barbaresco Appellation in 2013, writes subhash Arora who opened a bottle of Sori San Lorenzo 2011 DOC Nebbiolo with Lasagne, lifted to unprecedented heights with this wine.http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Tuesday, 03 January 2023 12:40 articles/item_4_923http://www.indianwineacademy.com/Tuesday, 03 January 2023 12:40