BevIndia 2010 spells Beverage Alcohol & Delhi
BevIndia2010, a two-day exhibition and conference on the spirits and wine industry debuted on Saturday at the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi. Organised by CIABC with a surprising accent on wine exhibitors, the keynote address by Dr. Vijay Mallya was a highlight, writes Subhash Arora. The growth in wine and spirits shows continues wi |
Wine Feature: Should Goa be the Target for WTO
With the slab rates for excise and the registration fees being same for all wines by basing them on the maximum retail price only and even reducing the annual license fee for restaurants selling imported wines, Goa seems to have created a uniform playing field for Indian and imported wines and may not be the State to censure by |
Contra Point: Protectionism in Indian Wine Industry
There is a constant whining by EU about high taxes in India against wine imports but the Indian industry does not get any subsidy from the government like EU countries which want to dump their excess-produced products to the third world countries, writes Rajiv Seth justifying the protectionist policy through taxation and suggesting they |
Restaurant Feature: Gastronomical Delight with Masi at Taj
In what may be a mere coincidence, Veneto based Masi presented a dream gastro-oenological experience at the beautiful Taj from February 18 -21, encompassing Vinitaly India in which it had participated in 2007 as a member of the Grandi Marchi producers of Italy. Subhash Arora reports. While there was a scramble for plates |
Wine Club in Bangalore with a Challenge
The Overseas Women’s Club in Bangalore has been in existence for some years with almost a thousand lady members from all over the World, but since last year it has been trying to change its image from a tea club to wine culture, writes the club president Maureen Kerleau from Bangalore.Since the middle of last year there has |
Wine Club: Calcutta Toasts to Cricket
Calcutta Wine Club felicitated the well known cricketer of yesteryears and now a commentator and an international cricket celebrity, Ravi Shastri with an honorary membership of the Calcutta Wine Club at an event hosted by Roxy , The Park, reports PPK Mitter, Secretary of the Club. The event organised last month and sponsored |