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Blog: Brace up for more expensive imported wines
June 26 : While the rumour mills have been working overtime to ‘announce’ the reduction of import duties from 150% to 40%, thus possibly hitting the sales of premium Indian wines, our producers should take solace from the fact that due to the continued rupee devaluation, the import costs have increased by almost 30% and even with the producers  and importers absorbing the impact partially, a minimum rise of 15-20% is imminent, writes Subhash Arora |
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DWC Dinner: Fratelli dance Tarantella at La Tagliatella
July 01: The Fratelli wine dinner at La Tagliatella, the recently opened trattoria at the Ambience Mall in Vasant Kunj, put every member of the Delhi Wine Club in such a cheerful mood that with appropriate music, the members would have been dancing the Tarantella, a well-known traditional Italian Folk dance, writes Subhash Arora who could hear the music through the evening with the delicious Italianesque food, wines and bonhomie with a service that |
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Sicily: Wines and Lava Flows of Etna - the Burgundy of Mediterranean
June 29: Mount Etna is an active volcanic mountain which provides a unique Terroir besides being a beautiful tourist destination and despite its cheap winemaking history, it has come to the fore in making quality wines during this millennium, writes Subhash Arora who also believes that Etna is the Burgundy of the Mediterranean due to the terroir made interesting by the ash of lava flows that grip the area at regular intervals. Driving up Mount Etna one is |
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Passing By: Treasury looking for Treasure in the Unites States of India
July 02: Returning to India in less than a year Andrew O’Brian, General Manager for Asia of the Treasury Wine Estate, the biggest traded pure play wine company in the world with Brands like Lindeman’s, Rosemount and Penfolds in its portfolio, was in the country last week along with the regional business manager Yodissen Mootoosamy to showcase some of these wines at the Australian High Commission and meet a few customers |
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Indian Cognoscenti Reject Wine in Aluminium Can
June 29: Spirit airlines in the US has started serving wine in an aluminium can, France has come up with their version of canned wine, but Indian wine lovers have outright rejected the concept, if one goes by the Poll conducted by the Indian Wine Academy’s Facebook group which is divided in its opinion in another Poll regarding serving portions in wine-by-the-glass, that clearly favours 125 mL although the current norm in India is to serve 150 mL. |
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Common Sense brings Italy and France together
June 29: In order to make it feasible for the global visitors who like to attend the annual En Primeur tasting in Bordeaux and Italy’s top international wine show but are unable to do so because of a gap of one week will now be able to visit both due to an understanding reached between UGCB and Vinitaly organisers. Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux (UGCB) and Vinitaly have signed a strategic agreement to coordinate their events in order to help |
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