Wine Club Dinner: Top Wines from Gaja Impress
September 01 : The Delhi Wine Club Dinner at The Oberoi Gurgaon with Gaja wines from all its three wineries in Barbaresco, Montalcino and Bolgheri had several firsts besides being a perfect balance of wine, food, ambience and service leaving a long after-taste in the memory, writes Subhash Arora who recognizes the role of co-hosts Carl F Bucherer, the premier Swiss Watch company. No one can doubt that Gaja |
Swiss Wines : Beyond Watches and Chocolates
August 31: Switzerland is famous for excellent watches, chocolates and even cheeses but it makes very interesting and high quality wines as well, Pinot Noir being the most important variety along with the local varietal Chasselas also known as Fendant, being the most grown varietals, writes Subhash Arora who had an opportunity to taste several local wines recently on and off the judging table at Mondial du Pinot Noir. |
Passing By : Anthony Gourmel of Baron Philippe de Rothschild
August 26: Baron Philippe de Rothschild, producer of First Growth Chateau Mouton Rothschild having other ventures in France and overseas, is strategizing to increase the sales in India of Mouton Cadet and their Chilean Escudo Rojo, according to the Export Director Asia, Anthony Gourmel who was passing through Delhi on his maiden visit to India and chatted with Subhash Arora over lunch at the Imperial Hotel.Wh |
Gary Vaynerchuk Retires from Daily Net TV
August 24: After an amazing run that lasted for over five years, Gary Vaynerchuk, the social media celebrity announced yesterday on the 89th and Final Episode of the Daily Grape that he was retiring from the daily wine broadcasts, that being his last, with no reason giving about his sudden decision to call it a day. After a successful run of 1000 episodes of Wine Library TV-downloaded short segments of programmes he tape |
Drink More Wine to Fight Alcohol Abuse in Russia
August 31: While the Indian government dissuades citizens from drinking wine by levying high taxes and making the procedures complex and too difficult to follow, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made an encouraging statement last week that Russians should drink more wine to fight widespread alcohol abuse.‘Wine Sector is one of the segments that should be developed and contribute to the eradication of |
No More Aussie Champagne from Today
September 01 : As a part of the EU-Australia trade agreement meant to protect winegrowers around the world and enforce labeling laws, no sparkling wine produced in that country can label itself as champagne but will have to be called 'sparkling wine from September 1.' If you're drinking bubbly in Australia that was bottled before |