We Recommend: Binge on Champagne for $20 a bottle-Conditions Apply
Champagne may not be within the easy reach of every wine lover since it normally costs upwards of Rs.5000 a bottle, but in Delhi and Mumbai one can binge on a bottle of Champagne for under $20 when ordered with a lavish spread of buffet at special brunches in Delhi and Mumbai, writes Subhash Arora from Delhi with Maloo Natar  |
Jancis’ Website Wins Roederer Award
The official wine website of the well- known English author and wine journalist Jancis Robinson MW has been voted International Wine Website of the Year 2010 at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers Awards announced in London on Monday. “We are absolutely thrilled to have been voted International Wine Website of the
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Global Perspectives: Antinori Reflects on Improving Italian Wine
Current President of Istituto del Vino Italiano di Qualitá-Grandi Marchi, Marchese Piero Antinori feels that Italian wines are undergoing a period of Renaissance with most producers now looking for quality, but a big part of viticulture still reflects the old philosophy of quantity though the market doesn’t accept these wines anymore. Sp |
Guest Articles: Preview of Bordeaux Blanc 2010 Vintage
There is still about a week to go for Merlot harvest but about 80% of white Sauvignon grapes had been harvested in Bordeaux by 10th of this month. With July and August beng very dry months and a perfect picking weather, many growers say that the 2010 white wines will be finer than 2009 because of fresher and crisper acidity with perfe |
OIV Members Meet in Beaune Next Month
The scientific and political bodies of the world wine and vine sector will meet in Beaune from 27 to 29 of October 2010, where technical experts and scientists of the 44 member nations of OIV will focus on the evolution of the implementation of the strategic plan of the OIV and examine and approve the budget, according to a Rele |
Taint Ain’t due to Cork but also Barrel Oak
Pascal Chatonnet, Founder of a Bordeaux laboratory Excell in Mérignac, has dropped a bombshell by a report based on his research since 2004 which says that the new oak barrels may also be the culprit for giving the cork taint and the musty taste of wine but the French coopers have reacted negatively and claim the level of taint is no hi |
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