Arora nominated for Best Foreign Journalist Award
Subhash Arora, President of Indian Wine Academy and editor of delWine has been nominated in the ‘Best Foreign Journalist of the Year’ category for 2010. The award has been founded by Comitato Grandi Cru d’Italia.The announcement of the winners and those who got the nomination, will be made during the gala dinner that the Co  |
Wine & Food Travel: Viva DOC Sicilia
At the recently organised Sicily Ante Prima 2009 Assovini, an association of 65 regional wineries, there was as much debate about the vintage of 2009 as the new proposed appellation of DOC Sicily which its supporters feel will help improve the quality of wines. Subhash Arora reports. Sicily is Italy's largest region in terms of |
Tuscan Marathon 2010: Noble Wine of Montepulciano
Tuscan Marathon 2010 as Conte John Salvi MW describes the 1000-wine Ante Prima tasting organised by the Consortia of San Gimignano, Chianti Classico, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino last month is a 4-part series only an expert with decades of experience can illustrate. In this Part III, he takes you to Montepu |
Freestone Winery: The New Insignia from Jo Phelps
Robert Baxter, the export manager of the iconic Napa producer Joseph Phelps acclaimed for its Insignia label, was in India recently to introduce wines from their new insignia, the Freestone winery in the Sonoma Coast, with its vivacious Fogdog and wines including Insignia. Subhash Arora who had a private tasting with Baxter, rep |
Tech Talk: Vineyard Irrigation Wins Start Up Prize
A Web application that alerting wine grape farmers when their vines are thirsty has won first place in a competition to spur entrepreneurs in the investment-starved water sector, organizers said on Monday with Fruition Sciences operating in California and France coming first among 50 teams in Imagine H2O's global competition aimed |
Aussies Drink More Italian than French Wines
Australians may drink Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand like mother’s milk but when it comes to European wines, France seems to be losing out to Italy, despite their love for Champagne which rules as the top celebratory drink and holds the torch for the country, according to recent statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures sho |
