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Blog: James Bond 007-the Wino
Dec 16: A recent report suggesting that James Bond drinks the equivalent of a bottle and a half of wine every day, making him an impotent drunk or a wino if he drank cheap plonk, brings to mind an actual instance of a wine Journalist Bond who I meet often in Italy with a similar habit but which I have been able to change for the better, I hope . First off, I must clarify the meaning of the term Wino; several people including some journalists mistakenly  misuse the term for wine connoisseurs. It upsets me no end when someone says with respect and awe that |
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FFI: Fine Food is Fine-But where is Wine
Dec 16: The 3rd edition of Fine Food India Expo held at Pragati Maidan on 11-13 December appeared to have less participation from the food companies but a practically non-existent presence of wine companies with barely five companies taking part in a food dominated event makes it primarily a food show, writes Subhash Arora who inaugurated the Drinks Academy where seminars around wine and other beverages were nevertheless held successfully. The number of wine participants could be counted on the finger tips- of one hand. Vinura, Quale |
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A Loire Affair with Bouvet-Ladubay Sisters
Dec 17: Juliette Monmousseau, Deputy Managing Director of the UB-owned Bouvet Ladubay in Saumur in Loire Valley and her younger sister Chef Marie were in India last week for a few days when Four Seasons organised a French dinner crafted by her and paired with the Loire Valley bubblies and Four Seasons wines at ITC Gardenia in Bangalore on Sunday 8th December and later in ITC-Grand Central Mumbai, writes Subhash Arora. Ask Abhay Kewadkar, the Chief Winemaker and Business Head of Four Seasons Wines Ltd. about his wines and he would |
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Wine in Food Odyssey by Nine Hills
Dec 17: Inspired by the two Awards won at the Westin Pune Blind Tasting Competition last September, Nine Hills designed a ‘Wine in food 7City Odyssey’ in collaboration with well-known Master Chef of Mumbai Michael Swamy. Westin Gurgaon was one of the venues where Prego Restaurant hosted a Dinner which Subhash Arora attended and caught up with the Senior Brand Manager Business Development, Adrian Pinto. The seven cities included Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon and Dhaka. ‘Why Dhaka?’ was the first question I shot at Adrian |
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WBWE: Big Leap for World Bulk Wine
Dec 17: It would appear from the attendance of the exhibitors as well as visitors that the interest of both the bulk wine producers and importers is increasingly growing, with the World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) marking the presence of Central and Eastern European producers for the first time and clocking a growth of 40% in the number of visitors to the 5th edition of the annual event in Amsterdam . Smiling faces of the owners and managers of the organisers Spanish Pomona Keepers seemed to indicate that the World Bulk Wine Exhibition (WBWE) in Amsterdam has |
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Study: Alchemy of Alcohol Astounds
Dec 12: A contentious new study by a psychologist at the University of Texas suggesting that people who drink regularly live longer than those who completely abstain from drinking, appears to be astounding and needs to be handled cautiously, writes Subhash Arora, who nevertheless recommends two glasses a day of wine for men and one glass for women regularly, preferably with food. The Research published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research and being reported by several media, found that those who did not consume any |
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