Spaniards Plan India Wine and Food Presence
The Spanish Food & Drink Industries (FIAB), Institute of Foreign Trade (ICEX) and the Ministry of agriculture has had eleven regional federations join hands in coming out with the Plan India 2010-2012 initiative and organised a one- day Spanish Food & Gastronomy Workshop at the Shangri-La Hotel on Tuesday, visited by hospitality  |
Rioja Masterclass: Olive Oil and Wines from Roda
After last week’s Masterclass on Champagne, Indian Wine Academy took the wine lovers to Rioja known for its Tempranillo-based high quality reds as it organised another by Bodegas Roda known also for excellent olive oil, with their export manager Arancha Busnadiego conducting a Masterclass on Rioja wines, and olive oils follo |
Born into a World of Vines
Arun Batra met Marimar Torres, sister of the legendary Miguel Torres and a winery owner in California at an exclusive and , private winemaker dinner facilitated by the Indian Wine Academy last week at La Piazza at the Hyatt New Delhi . Most people who categorize themselves as wine drinkers would have heard of the name Torres |
Mouton Woos China with their Painter
While Lafite etched the lucky number eight in Chinese a couple of weeks ago and won the hearts and wallets of the Chinese wine buyers for their 2008 vintage, the other arm of the Rothschild family, Mouton has released the 2008 label in keeping with the tradition started in 1945 of some famous painter donating the painting, by commis |
Grange to be Toppled by Cousin
Foster-owned Penfolds has announced that it is set to release an ultra-premium wine that could cost even more than its flagship Grange which sells for around $550 a bottle and is exceeded in price only by the Laird Shiraz 2005 released in September this year for about US $665. The new wine is expected to be called Bin 620 - a label al |
French Diplomat Expelled for Stealing Wine
Dec 1: In a country like ours where new multi-million dollar scams are unearthed with unfailing regularity, the event might be laughed off by the bureaucrats but it did not take long for the French government to recall their consul-general in Hong Kong and Macau, and the former second counselor at the French embassy in New Delhi, for |
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