Kanwal Grover of GV Passes Away
Kanwal Grover Founder of Grover Vineyards in 1988 and a Doyen of the Indian wine industry passed away yesterday at the age of 85 in Mumbai after an illness of 2-3 months. He would have been 86 on August 4, says bereaved Kapil Grover, Director of GV, adding that the family had been planning a celebration for his 86th birthday.Kanwal Grover was an unconventional man who decided at the age of 60  |
Indian Grape Processing Board in Expansion Mode
July 26: Following the footsteps of the central coalition government, the Indian Grape Processing Board has announced expansion of its new Board formed barely three weeks ago with the induction of two members, Nitin Desai, CMD of Vinsura Vineyard and Shivaji Aher of Renaissance Winery, both from Niphad district near Nashik according to the Office Order dated July 20, 2011. Aher was already on the Board |
Fratelli Wines Heading North
July 27: Akluj based Fratelli Wines has announced its plans to enter Delhi and has appointed Arizona, the former distributors for Sula and later Vinsura, for the full stable of its existing wine varieties, confirms the Director, Kapil Sekhri. Subhash Arora reports. Chenin Blanc (Rs 550), Sauvignon Blanc (Rs.625), Chardonnay (Rs.725) and Cabernet Sauvignon (Rs.650) will make for the bouquet of their premium range, sli |
Porto: Enjoying Port in the Cellars
July 29: Port is a fortified wine which is interesting in that the vinification is done in Douro Valley, a couple of hours from O Porto (city of Porto) after which traditionally it has been brought to Gaia on the other side of River Douro where underground cellars have existed for even three hundred or more years, where they are matured in casks and were earlier shipped on boats. Most Ports can be tasted in the cellars located |
VDP: Tasting First Growths of Germany
July 25: Indian Wine Academy recently organised the second Master Class of German Grand Cru VDP wines at the German Embassy where Joel Payne, author of the famous annual wine guide Gault Millau conducted a wine tasting of 20 VDP wines for a special group of wine aficionados in the presence of the Chargé d'Affaires, Herr Christian-Matthias Schlaga. Subhash Arora reports. After the audio visual present |
Ch. d'Yquem 1811: Most Valuable Sweet Trivia
July 26: A bottle of 1811 Château d'Yquem was sold for $117,000 (Rs. 55 lakhs) by a French private collector at the Ritz in Central London, making it the most expensive white wine sold, an equivalent of which would help an Indian wine connoisseur couple buy a Mercedes for each with a perhaps few cases of wines to boot. The 200-year-old bottle bought by Christian Vanneque from the rare wine specialists Antique Wine |
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