Blog: April Fools’ Day Gags
April 02 : It was that time of the year yesterday when one could play pranks and get away without having to say sorry, but in written text the trick is to get unsuspecting people to seriously believe it, like a report I came across about Robert Parker’s retiring after the Vinexpo this year. The Fools’ Day crown for making a fool of the maximum number of people goes to Google Nose this year. Glancing cursorily through  |
DWC Dinner: I’d Walk a Mile for Wokamama
April 01: Wokamama, the Pan Asian Restaurant located in the urban village of Nathupur in Gurgaon would beckon the gourmands venturing for the first time, to turn back without ever making it to the restaurant due to the village location and the bumpy road, but it was an excellent venue for delicious Pan Asian cuisine that went well with Australian wines, writes Subhash Arora who took the Delhi daredevils for a Sunday |
British Report Pessimist about Indian Wine Market
April 02: In what appeared to be an April Fools' Day gag, a news item published by DBR online on April 1, credits a Study by a UK based market survey firm-Canadean estimating the annual growth of the Indian wine market at a mere 5% between 2011-16. But if the Report was serious, it seems to have serious flaws either in the methodology or the data collected, reacts Subhash Arora who wonders if the basis of reportage |
The Tuscan Tasting Marathon 2013
April 01: Tuscany organises three major successive Tasting events every year - Chianti Classico Collection in Florence, Anteprima del Vino Nobile in Montepulciano and Benvenuto Brunello in Montalcino where the latest vintages released after the statutory aging period, are showcased. But as an oenologist and a winemaker John Salvi MW is more interested in the latest vintage 2012 and shares his insight. As an oenologist |
Curtain Raiser on Vinitaly: Global Platform for Wine Business
April 02: The 47th edition of Vinitaly is ready to welcome over 140,000 global visitors and 4200 exhibitors from 20 countries on April 7-10 with never-before attractions including the inauguration of the digital initiative VinitalyWineClub and an increased foreign presence with the first ever visit of a high-powered State delegation from China, writes Subhash Arora who will be participating again at the Show this year. The |
Multiple Uses of Wine Pomace for Financial Health
April 01: Wine pomace, the post-harvest grape waste containing skins, seeds and left over stems is usually wasted as compost in the vineyards or animal feed but if a winery could sell it for higher-value products by creating use of the polyphenols and fiber in it, the healthy substitutes will reduce costs, opines Subhash Arora who feels that a study ought to be conducted by some Indian governmental bodies like the National Rese |
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