Blog: Oh-To Be the First one
May 01: An article in a wine magazine recently sang and danced about Valdivieso wines from Chile being introduced in India, completely oblivious of and not mentioning the fact that it was already introduced by another importer in 2002 and marketed for 5 years. It makes me wonder if people in the world of wine here are so ignorant of the |
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles opens at Guimaraes
May 05 : Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, the biggest travelling international wine competition opened its doors for the 19th time with the record number of 8400 wines from 52 countries participating for Grand Gold, Gold and Silver medals, writes Subhash Arora from Guimaraes Portugal where he is invited for the fourth consecutive year |
Wine Club Dinner: Wine at the Tree Tops in Lutyens Delhi
Apr 26 : Delhi Wine Club members enjoyed a casual wine evening last Monday at the Terrace at the Claridges where one could feel as if sipping wine sitting on the tree tops in Lutyens Delhi, writes Arun Batra. One of the distinguishable features, (I could name many !) of the DWC events has been the format -which has largely revolved around |
Campo Returns Coveted MW Badge
May 05 : Pancho Campo, the first Master of Wine from Spain has resigned from the Institute of Masters of Wine, thus forfeiting the right to ever use the coveted MW label, at the culmination of the controversy that bogged him down since late last year, reports Subhash Arora from Guimaraes in Portugal where he met a big Spanish contingent |
Grand Grange 2007 Hits Aussie Supermarkets
May 01 : The wine snobs would squirm to know that the top luxury wine of Australia, Penfolds Grange is finding shelf space again in the supermarket chains of Coles, Woolworths and the new US player Costco vying with each other to offer the lowest price possible for the 2007 vintage to be released nationwide on Thursday. Three |
Napa Valley joins International Group protecting GIs
May 05 : The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV), the non-profit trade association representing 430 Napa Valley wineries, has joined the Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network , oriGIn, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland which advocates for more effective legal protection for Geographic Indications (GIs). For more than a |
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