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Florida based low-cost Spirit Airlines is thinking out of the box and has announced pouring out wines out of the cans instead of the usual quarter-bottle in what one of our elitist ministers once called the cattle class. Whatever be their reasons, I feel it is a disgusting idea and must give it a Thumbs Down ..more

If one can read the lips of Jean-Guillaume Prats, head of Moët Hennessy’s Estates & Wines division, India will be a country of priority for the principals who plan to launch the Chandon sparkling wine in October 2013 and going by his declared ..more

Bitten by a hangover on mixing their hard drinks like vodka, gin and whiskey, many novices mistakenly feel it is not proper to mix wines, meaning that white wines should not be drunk after red wine or sparkling wine after a red wine may give a ..more

During the recent promo of their new film, Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani, the heroine Deepika Padukone talked about her past amorous relationship with her co-star Ranbir Kapur and compared her relationship with wine since it gets better with ..more

While writing an article for delWine, it suddenly dawned on me that it was exactly ten years ago that I had founded Indian Wine Academy as a consulting firm to promote wine culture through awareness and education in India. It has been an ..more

It was that time of the year yesterday when one could play pranks and get away without having to say sorry, but in written text the trick is to get unsuspecting people to seriously believe it, like a report I came across about Robert Parker’s retiring after the Vinexpo this year. The Fools’ Day crown for making a fool of the maximum number of people goes to Google Nose this year ..more

As anyone might have predicted, the first tranche of 500 cases of Miraval Provence Rose made at the French vineyard owned by Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt was sold out yesterday within a few hours after the sale went online, demonstrating the celebrity power which ought to be exploited by Bollywood stars as well, paving way for a new set of wine drinkers giving a boost to wine culture, ..more

Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government on Thursday to file a reply to a PIL filed by the well-known Bollywood actor, Imran Khan challenging the notification increasing legal age limit to consume liquor from 21 to 25 years even though the Court did not agree to grant a stay against the order. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah ..more

The newly formed Grover Zampa Ltd., through the merger of Grover having a winery in Bangalore and Zampa owning vineyards and winery near Nashik, organised a fun event to celebrate the harvest ’13, called the Great Grover Stomp at the Nashik Vineyards where about 500 invitees enjoyed the wine, food and hospitality at the event planned in part perhaps to let the world know the merger deal had been tightly sealed ..more

In the absence of any advertising for wine promotion, Indian producers are leaning heavily on the PR agencies which have gone berserk in using superlatives like the leading producers, making best or outstanding wines, that do not make long term impact on the marketing unless they focus on better quality, writes Subhash Arora who always exhort them to carry on improving quality ..more