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RIP: Fatal Tragedy for Big Banyan Marketing Head
Jan 05 : Kawaljeet Singh, Marketing Head of Bangalore based Big Banyan Wines produced in Goa died in a tragic car accident on January 2 along with two members of his family while others suffered grievous injuries. The accident occurred near Mysore as he lost control of the vehicle he was driving. After closing the calendar year, he  |
We Recommend: Wine Tasting at Oberoi
Oberoi Hotel, Delhi has unleashed a very interesting wine tasting programme at its wine cellar Enoteca, from now till March with fine wines from 13 producers including Gaja and Guigal to be tasted over as many weeks, with a visiting sommelier from Friuli guiding the tasters. I highly recommend a visit to several of their tastings; the Gaja |
DWC Wine dinner: All Ayes at Set’Z
A superlative wine dinner at Set’z Restaurant gave Delhi Wine Club members an insight into their culinary capabilities including outstanding service as the members enjoyed a delectable gourmet 6-course experience that climaxed with a delicious Amarone 2007 from Tinazzi, writes Arun Batra who is a long-time member of the |
Planeta’s Sicily- Island of Wine
Jan 05 : Sicilian wineries like Planeta have helped change the reputation of Sicily as a bulk wine producer and a searing desert that it was portrayed in Clint Eastwood’s Spaghetti Westerns in the sixties or the seat of Mafia as portrayed in a couple of Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather movies. It has changed a lot, says the winemak |
Hotels Beware of Mixed Olive Oil
There is hardly a hotel or a decent restaurant in major cities of India that does not use olive oil and with a majority of health conscious wine drinkers there has been a phenomenal increase in the consumption of olive oil-the Italian produce considered the best. However, a major scandal has come to light that is likely to tarnish the imag |
Study: Red Wine May Prevent Breast Cancer
Jan 07 : After a slew of studies evidencing an increased probability of women getting breast cancer with higher consumption of wine comes a study published online in the Journal of Women's Health, challenging the widely-held belief that all types of alcohol consumption heighten the risk of developing breast cancer. A study conducted by |
