Indian Viogniers Shine in Asian Competitions
Nov 07: In an interesting coincidence, Viognier whites from the two producers in India, Four Seasons and Sula have won a Bronze medal each, writes Subhash Arora who was a judge at Wine Style Asia followed by Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Competition held last month, the results for which were declared at Wines for Asia on October 27 and the wine show held by HKTDC on November 3  |
Winefuture Hong Kong Impresses in Parts
Nov 14: The second edition of Winefuture, the 3-day biennial, biggest international wine conference, organised by the Wine Academy of Spain in Hong Kong last week was generally quite impressive with the sheer number of the delegates and the expertise level of speakers being quite enviable with the three guided grand tastings being the memorable highlights, writes Subhash Arora who felt that it had its share of glitche |
WWS opens with Sassicaia Tasting at Villa d’Este
Nov 11: The third edition of the World Wine Symposium known in the French world as Devos du Vin opened in grand style at Hotel Villa d’Este in Italy with a vertical tasting of 8 vintages of Sassicaia going back to 1977, presented to 50 select participants by Marchesi Nicolo Incisa della Rocchetta of Tenuta San Guido, followed by a Taste Culture Austrian Cuisine dinner, writes Subhash Arora . Imagine the anxiety on ali |
Brancaia Tuscany se Ilatraia Laia
Nov 14: Although the Tuscan Estate of Brancaia has been in India for around five years, within that short span Martin Kronenberg who owns the estate with his wife Barbara Widmer bought by her Swiss parents in 1981, was in India for the fourth time and visited Delhi after spending a couple of days in Mumbai, writes Subhash Arora who had a private tasting with him at the Rick’s Bar at Hotel Taj Mansingh. During |
Aussie Alternative Varieties Wine Show 2011
Nov 14: Held annually in Mildura in Victoria on the first weekend of November the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show (AAVWS) provides an excellent barometer as to how the Australian wine industry is progressing with making wine from ‘new’ or alternative grape varieties, writes Dan Traucki. The AAVWS is unique because there is no other wine show in the world that excludes the major varieties and focus solely |
Fatties may get Fitter with Red Wine Compound
Nov 05: In what may yet be too early to concur, the first clinical trial to test the effects of resveratrol on humans has found that a small daily dose of a purified resveratrol supplement lowered blood pressure and improved a wide range of human health measures in a small group of obese men, but the 13 bottles of wine one may have to drink to get the equivalent amount, makes it an academic exercise. The chemical |
