Blog: Trivializing the Terroir
January 10 : Indian wine industry started with big claims of having an identifiable and distinguished terroir whether the vineyards were located in Karnataka or Maharashtra but of late the business exigencies have made the claims less defendable as bigger producers like Sula and Grover try to find means to go around the unfair excise  |
MWTF: A Taste of Wine for Mumbaikars
Jan 10: Wine lovers of Mumbai enjoyed two great evenings last week-end with over 60 Indian and imported wines available to taste and carry home at discounted prices, with the 4th edition of the Mumbai Wine Tasting Festival organised on January 5 and 6 in Colaba recording attendance of around 2500 people over the weekend, writes |
Abhijit Saha - Chef with Wine in Vein
Dec 21: Whenever you think of Fava Restaurant in Bangalore, you might be reminded of Fava, the ancient beans that have become an integral part of the Mediterranean cuisine. To the cognoscenti, this restaurant owned by the Master Chef Abhijit Saha (an ex-Parker) would naturally be Mediterranean, but it is his equal passion for wine |
Wine Feature: Port, Port everywhere…Not a Port to Drink
Jan 11: Most wine market analyses in India center around the mid and premium segment of domestic wines which are in fact only a third of the total consumption of 2 million cases, a majority of which are ‘Port’, ‘Goan Port’ and the low-end fortified wines, whereas the genuine Port from Porto has negligible presence in the market, writes |
The Sicilian extra virgin olive oil
Jan 04: For centuries the land of Sicily, from east to west, from Trapani in the west to Agrigento in the centre south and up to the eastern coastline of Catania with its volcanic Mount Etna, has witnessed the presence of olive groves and the production of pure virgin olive oil. For the first time producers of Sicilian virgin olive oil visit India |
French to Fume at Obama Inaugural Lunch
Jan 11: The Champagne producers will once again be fuming when the Korbel Natural 'Special Inaugural Cuvée’ sparkling wine will be offered as the dessert Champagne at the traditional inaugural lunch on January 21,at the Capitol Hill after the swearing-in ceremony, with the Champagne Bureau in Washington urging the White House not |
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