Blog: Come to Marlborough Country
The latest Wine Spectator Wine of the Week selection, Stoneburn Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2010 at under $ 10 made me sit up and make a mental note of the continuously falling prices of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc during last year or so, that might make my favourite white more affordable in India where some price correctio  |
Goa Grape Escape Must Go On
The annual Goan wine festival known as the Food and Lifestyle Festival Goa, must go on despite protests by misinformed, well-meaning women during the 4-day private visit on Monday by the Honourable President of India, Shrimati Pratibha Patil, urging her to put a stop to the wine festival to be held for the seventh year in State’s Capital Pan |
Passing By: Bird in Hand is better than Two in the Bush
The old dictum that a bird in hand is better than two in the bush, is truly applicable to the Bird in Hand label being better than the Two in the Bush, both being part of the range produced and marketed by the South Australian family winery Bird in Hand, whose marketing co- owner Justin Nugent was in Delhi last week and had an excl |
Indian’s Wine Collection Star of HK Auction
Work of art of Indian of living legends like S H Raza, Anjolie Menon and M F Hussein continue to break previous records at international art auctions conducted by Sotheby and Christie’s who are also active in wine auctions, but not many people are acquainted with the Indian born Dr. Bipin Desai whose wine collection is the star of |
World’s Oldest Winery Discovered by Archaeologists
Life on the planet was recently reported in the media to be 3 billion years old but the wine production is only around 6100 years old according to an archaeological find reporting discovery of the remains of world’s oldest known winery along with the grapes suggesting it produced red wine, near Iranian Border. The announcement was mad |
OIV World Vine and Wine Conference in Portugal
The 34th World Vine and Wine Conference is being organised by OIV- the International Vine and Wine Organization, in Porto from 20 to 27 June 2011. The last date for submitting technical papers for the Conference titled, “The Construction of Wine – A Conspiracy of Knowledge and Art” is February 15th while the online registration ha |
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