Hugh Grant, Jude Law Probables for 1976 Paris Tasting Movie

The legendary 1976 Paris Tasting is set to be given the Hollywood treatment with stars such as Jude Law and Hugh Grant in the frame, reports Libby Banks in Decanter.com . A Los Angeles film company has bought the rights to George Taber's book Judgment of Paris: California vs. France,  ... more

EC Okays Fund to Turn Wine Into Fuel; €2.4bn to Dig Up Vineyards

The unquenchable desire of Britons for New World wines has forced Brussels to order nearly a billion bottles of French and Italian wine to be turned into fuel and disinfectant, reports Anthony Browne in The Times, London. The European Commission will then spend €2.4 billion digging up  ... more

ITC Hotels to Invest Rs 8-10bn on Integrated Complex in Chennai

ITC Hotels plans to open South India 's largest integrated hotel complex called the Grand Chola on Chennai's arterial avenue, Mount Road . The complex, which is expected to open its doors in the third quarter of 2009, will have a 550-room five-star deluxe hotel, 100 service apartments, 75,000 sq.  ... more

Soy Sauce Has 10 Times More Antioxidants Than Red Wine: Study

Dark soy sauce, widely used in the Pacific Rim, may prove to be more effective than red wine and vitamin-C in combating human cell damage, Reuters has reported quoting researchers in Singapore. Scientists found that the sauce contains antioxidant properties about ten times more   ... more

Starwood Partners With Jean-Georges to Re-Invent Hotel Dining

Internationally acclaimed chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten and his partner Phil Suarez, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, and leading consumer-focused private equity firm Catterton Partners have come together to create an international, upscale, multi-concept restaurant and licensing   ... more

Americans in Love with Wine Spent US$25bn on it in 2005

Americans are drinking more wine than ever before, reports John Mariani quoting a new study by the Wine Market Council on Bloomberg.com. The growth has been dramatic, from 177 million nine-litre cases of wine in 1996 to 205 million in 2000 and 249 million last year. Add .  ... more

By 2008, Indians Will Use Plastic to Pay 68% of Retail Expenses

A study on India's retail banking sector predicts that the retail expenditure transacted through credit cards will jump from the current level of 42% to cross the 68% mark by 2008. A g rowing numbers of banks are exhorting their clients to avail the benefits of credit cards, says the report   ... more