Blog: Strong and Sour Wine
June 24: There may be a plethora of words describing the flavours of a wine but one does not find the two words commonly used by many novices-Strong and Sour, to define the characteristics of a wine, as I have discovered during my intereaction |
India 9th Biggest Grape Producer in World
June 21: With an industry less than 20 year old, India has not yet made a mark in the wine industry in the world but it is already the ninth biggest producer of grapes including the eating grapes with an estimated crop of 18.8 million quintals of grape |
DWC Wine Dinner: Zest for Ummami
June 24: Umami may be the fifth sense on the palate discovered in Japan a couple of decades ago but the zest to offer this sensation might have inspired the recently launched multi-cuisine up-scale restaurant ‘Ummami’ in Gurgaon where the memb |
Palais Coburg: Viennese Wine Cellar with Substance
June 16: Vienna has a lot to offer a tourist including beautiful vineyards and wineries around town but tucked away in the basements of the 5-star Deluxe Hotel Palais Coburg is an exceptional unique wine cellar with a fine wine inventory of around € |
French Minister criticizes EU planting policy
June 22: French Minister for Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire has openly criticised the announced policy of the European Union to relax grape planting regulations which will fall in place by 2015, allowing increased production across all EU countries. This |
Aussie and Kiwi Grape Crops Exceed Forecasts
June 22: While the Australian harvest of 2011 has been 1% higher at 1.63 million tons than the estimates despite a year marred by diseases, heavy rains and floods destroying up to 80% of crops and thus creating more problems for the producers |