We sincerely sympathize with the Japanese people suffering the calamity and pray that the damage is contained now and life soon returns to normalcy after this tragedy |
Blog: Champagne is Wine- So are all Bubblies
Mar 12: Despite the best efforts by Champagne to classify a bubbly as champagne only when produced in this French region under strict laws, an average wine drinker still addresses any sparkler as champagne, but surprisingly a vast number also think that Champagne is ‘champagne’ and not wine as I discovered recently at a string  |
Welcome Brunello 2011: Impressive but Young 2006
Brunello di Montalcino is one of the highly acclaimed Italian wines which are elegant, harmonious and age-worthy. The 2006 vintage released in January 2011 was a 5-star rated vintage that appears to be outstanding but young right now whereas the 2010 vintage awarded 5-stars based on barrel samples holds promise when it goes publi |
Bangalore International Wine Festival a Success
The second edition of the Bangalore International Wine Festival confirmed it as being the largest and most successful Wine Festival open to the public in India, with 20,000 visitors- more than last year, spread over three days and the compromise of a giant screen in the hall on Saturday for the cricket match, writes Maureen Kerleau from |
Top Burgundy DRC to be pitted Blind against the Rest
Wines from Domaine de la Romanee Conti, the undisputed king producer of Burgundy wines and a benchmark for the best Pinot Noir wines in the world will be pitted against the best of Pinot Noirs in the world at a unique blind tasting event in Singapore called ‘Burghound in Asia’ to be held next month from 8-10 April, with several other intere |
Wine & Health: Red Wine may help against Nuclear Toxins
It may sound frivolous to advise the unfortunate Japanese currently facing the trauma of possible radio active nuclear radiation, to drink red wine to neutralize the toxic effects but this was the refrain after the Chernobyl disaster and a study in 2008 by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine indicative of a scientific basis of the ad |
UK Supermarkets Cause Alcohol Concern
UK supermarkets storing beer and wine very close to the food items according to an NGO called Alcohol Concern, could take a lesson from the otherwise wine-backward cities like Delhi where the strict laws specify the liquor area to be separated from the rest of the store and even limit the size in some cities. In the tug of war between |
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