No. 575 : : October 28, 2013

Assistant Editor : Natasha Vohra

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Global Perspectives: Roller Coaster Ride with same Top Ten Importers
Oct 28: Despite an all time high consumption of about 330,000 nine-liter cases last year, the imported wine market is again facing rough weather in the short term due to various factors including the consistent rupee devaluation, with Brindco maintaining the top position in the Top Ten even though it reduced its sales by 10% by selling higher priced products, writes Subhash Arora for Meininger Wine Business International. As anticipated, there was no change

Portuguese Wine Promotion with a Twist
Oct 28: H.E. Jorge Roza de Oliveira organised an informal tasting of a dozen wines from Portugal earlier this month at his beautiful residence in the Westend Greens when Carlos Marques of Portuguese Wine Producers Consortium presented the wines to a select group of importers, journalists, sommeliers and diplomats from various regions of Portugal. Subhash Arora reports. Carlos Marques is a bold man. A contrarian to the core, he has decided to

Grasparossa 2013: A glimpse into Lambrusco
Oct 26: A specially invited group of wine enthusiasts, importers, and journalists, from all over the world descended on Northern Italy’s prized DOC province, Castelvetro di Modena on 19-21 October to experience Italy’s world-class wine Lambrusco. DelWine Correspondent, Rishi Vohra CSW, was also there and during a special dinner hosted by Gian Paolo Gavioli (Export Manager – Cantine Reunite & CIV Ltd.) learned that there was much more to the region

German Wine Producers Eye Indian Market
Oct 28: German producers have plans to increase the meager share of German wines in the Indian market with a delegation coming to India recently when the Indo German Chamber of Commerce organised a seminar which was addressed by Subhash Arora , President of the Indian Wine Academy and two speakers highlighting the situation in the Indian imported wine market and the chances of German wines increasing their share. Subhash Arora reports

Restaurant Feature: The Road Less Travelled…Masala Library Mumbai
Oct 25: A new restaurant in the Bandra Curla complex Near Hotel Trident BKC has been opened barely for a few days and hasn’t even been officially launched and the regular liquor license has also not been received but it is already serving to full house because of its delicious Indian food with nouvelle presentation at affordable prices, writes Maloo Natarajan, our Mumbai Correspondent who was invited for a tasting earlier this week. Bandra-Kurla

French Police Busts Fake Fine Wine Racket
Oct 28: A recent discovery by the French police apparently uncovering a scam in which fake bottles of Romanee-Conti were being sold by two Italian merchants may not be directly relevant to the Indian market due to absence of such expensive wines but the customers should be cautious about fake labels of popular wines stuck on the bottles, as it is rumoured to have been done clandestinely in the past. Domaine Romanee Conti (DRC) is the top

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