We Recommend: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Moncaro
Verdicchio grape is one of the indigenous grapes of Italy, mostly from the Marche region. Recently introduced Classico version from Moncaro in an attractive Amfora shape bottle, imported by Riona Wines is a winner, cutting across the classes and masses. My visit to Marche over a year ago convinced me that this white wine ma  |
Star Interview: Meticulous Miguel Torres
While many small and medium European wineries are fighting for survival, Miguel Torres is busy acquiring more vineyards and seriously planning for global warming, even though he may soon retire from playing an active role, writes Subhash Arora who had an exclusive chat with him recently in Mumbai. If you met him taking a walk in |
Wine Tasting: Popping Pol Roger Champagne
Laurent d”Harcourt, Export Manager and Director of Pol Roger, one of the few remaining family owned Champagne Houses was in Delhi popping six labels including the well-known Winston Churchill Cuvee at the Orient Express Restaurant at the Taj Palace Hotel last Friday afternoon. Subhash Arora shares the experience. Tom St |
Four Seasons Launches Reserve Wines in Bangalore
The much awaited launch of the Reserve range of the UB owned Four Seasons winery took place last week at the newly opened ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel where guests were treated to the two cuvees of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz with a formal sit down dinner. Maureen Kerleau, our special correspondent from Bangalore reports . |
Wine & Health: Drink Lower Alcohol wines for Cancer
The World Cancer Research Fund has urged wine drinkers to consider trying 10 per cent alcohol by volume wine instead of the usual 12 per cent to 14 per cent, if they cannot reduce the total intake, while advising people to drink less amount than recommended by the government to its UK residents. Hundreds of cases of cance |
Marriott to bring Fairfield Inn to India
US-based hospitality major Marriott International Inc plans to bring its brand Fairfield Inn & Suites to India through the franchisee model, hoping to open about 100 hotels across its various brands in India by 2015. Indicating that the company is positive on management contracts, Ed Fuller, president and managing director, Marriott Lodgi |
