Blog: Wine and Fritto-Italian Pakoras
May 11: At a reception dinner held on Sunday in Alba in Piemonte, the local dish called Fritto, an equivalent of our Pakoras, except that it is made in flour batter and salt coating vegetables like zucchini, eggplant, spinach and onions, with a different texture and taste than Indian Pakoras, was very popular and interestingly matched |
Chapoutier Creates Controversy about Riesling
May 11: Remark by the Rhone producer Michel Chapoutier yesterday that the petrol characteristics in Riesling are undesirable and constitute a fault in the wine, is sure to rake a controversy amongst the Riesling producers of centuries, especially in Germany, writes Subhash Arora who feels the remarks might well have been made to promote his Riesling from Alsace. The well- known Rhone producer who is represe |
Wine may help improve Superconductivity
May 13: A majority of Indian scientists may not even ‘touch’ wine but they would be curious to learn more about a recent discovery in Japan which found that red wine makes a metal compound superconductive and one day may help revolutionize efficient energy transmission, thus making some of them go the lab with red wine bottles. Since the study found that better the wine tasted, better the effect it had |
Glass Seal for Iconic Aussie Wine
May 16: The top French producers still shy away from using screw-caps unlike Aussies who have been increasingly patronising this alternative closure but that may change over in the medium term with the iconic Aussie producer Stephen Henschke announcing the use of the glass closure Vino-lok, for the 2008 vintage of his top wine Hill of Grace. Henschke has been using screw-caps for the last few vintages of Hill |
The Case of La Rioja vs. La Rioja
May 16: In the legal case of La Rioja Spain vs. La Rioja Argentina, the Federal Court in Buenos Aires has rejected the claim of the world famous North-western Spanish wine region, declaring that the Argentine province differentiates its wines sufficiently for the international market, leaving no cause of confusion. Wines from Spanish La Rioja are not only well-known in India but throughout the world for their high quality and long |
Secrets of British Government Cellar Unveiled
In Indian government officials circles, one may talk about wine in hushed tones because of a Section in the Indian Constitution, but the government in UK owns a wine cellar which has choicest of wines fit for Kings, Queens, Presidents and Prime Ministers, with an inventory valued at £2 million. The government had kept the contents of its wine cellar a secret till very recently although the stocks have been purchas |
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