India Accepted Unanimously as 45th Member State of OIV
July 11: India becomes the 45th Member Country of the OIV with all 44 OIV Member countries voting unanimously in favour of its entry, writes Subhash Arora who had attended the 34th International Conference on Vines and Wines at Porto last month and was sure that the decision would be unanimous after discussing with key indiv |
IVDP: Multi-faceted Regulator of Port and Douro
July 11: In a sharp contrast to India where there are no real wine laws in place, Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (IVDP) is the oldest wine regulatory body in the world, created by the Portuguese Monarch in 1756 to control, regulate the quality of Porto wines and help market them at the same time, making the role nebulous an |
OIV Feature: Spinning Wheel of Flavours in Wine
July 08: Sensory evaluation of wine flavour can be objective or subjective, but both involve processing of information by the brain where perceived wine properties are compared to those previously experienced and are highly individual and perception is the key, according to Prof. Ann Noble who talked of various tasting experiments at |
Wine India Moves: Rekhi becomes Chairman of IGPB
July 11: The Indian Grape Processing Board has reconstituted itself, replaced by a more action-oriented Board with Vijay Rekhi, Director of Four Seasons Wines Ltd. As the new Chairman replacing Sham Chougule who retains his membership, with a welcome addition of Rajiv Samant of Sula and a better balance and harmony along |
Italy: Lugana for Ladies, S Martino for Men
July 11: Lugana wine region on the shores of Lake Garda in the northern Veneto region of Italy offers some excellent wines of which doc Lugana may be perfect for the ladies while the doc San Martino might be more tempting for men, writes John Salvi MW who was happy to visit his roots recently and to see the region show its potential. I alw |
Enter the World of Understated Alcohol in Wine
July 06: The problem of increased alcohol levels due to global warming and the increasing aversion of wine drinkers to higher alcohol, has been solved by vintners with a majority of them systematically reporting lower levels on the bottle, according to a 16-year study by the American Association of Wine Economists finding 57% of th |
