FACTOID OF THE DAY: The UK Government spends about £100,000 a year on wine, maintaining a cellar of almost 40,000 bottles.The Bank of England's cellar has about 2,800 bottles, mostly clarets and burgundies, and some champagne and port, chosen by an in-house wine committee. .... more

Taj Plans Fifth Hotel in Mumbai; Eyes Thane, Navi Mumbai

The Taj Group, officially known as Indian Hotels, plans to build a fifth luxury hotel in Mumbai close to the Santa Cruz airport, reprts NDTV Profit. The website of the television channel quotes, Farhat Jamal, Taj Group's VP, Mumbai, as pegging the project cost at Rs 2 to 2.5 billion, .... more

In 2005, Nature Did Everything Right in Bordeaux, says Robinson

Bordeaux 2005 has sent the wine world on Cloud Nine. The latest in the procession of rave reviews is Jancis Robinson's ecstatic pronouncements in her column in FT Weekend (Financial Times). Here's a sampler. .... more