Feature: Less Travelled World Wine Route
Visiting over 300 wineries around the globe, selecting a bottle of their best wine for an auction and donating the proceeds to charity sounds like fun but it’s a lot of hard work too, as our Mumbai Correspondent Malathi Natarajan discovered on meeting the duo passing through India recently on their course of unusual travel through the world  |
Winds of Change Blowing over Karnataka
Last weekend saw the largest wine event ever in Bangalore after several postponements at the very stylish, brand new venue in the Palace Grounds in Bangalore, known as ‘White Petals’ with a large air-conditioned hall and beautifully landscaped lawns. Maureen Kerleau, our Bangalore Correspondent writes.The Fes |
Visiting French Producers Hopeful to score in India
UbiFrance and the French Trade Commission in Delhi organised on Monday a trade tasting at the French Embassy in Delhi followed by another one hosted by the Ambassador at his beautiful gardens at the residence, where a wide spectrum of wines were presented to the wine importers and connoisseurs. Ten producers representi |
Wine is Culture, says Italian President
President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday reportedly became the first Italian head of state to visit Vinitaly, the world's biggest international wine trade fair, now in its 44th year. Although the Show opened on 8th April, it was officially opened on April 9th when the President also visited several pavilions including those of Canada and Sicily. Durin |
Chilean Exports Not to Suffer
Despite apprehensions that the loss of 125 million liters of wine and damage to the infrastructure in the recent earthquake may cause the exports of Chilean wines to suffer but no loss of exports is anticipated and in fact shipments are already in progress, according to Sergio Correa in an online article published in Chile. It has |
Cheval Blanc for Dom Perignon Lovers
LVMH, makers of Dom Perignon and other luxury products like Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Fendi, Givenchy and Tag Heuer are expanding the luxury segment of the market by moving into the management of deluxe hotel business under Cheval Blanc brand. Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy owns Cheval Blanc, one of the only tw |
