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Sulafest Motivates Others to Follow and Harvest Gains
Feb 11: One of the concepts promoted originally by Rajeev Samant of Sula Vineyards seven years ago to get the younger generation interested in wine via music and gastronomy, Sulafest has become a highly successful annual event, writes Sourish Bhattacharyya who advocates such events for the other wine producing regions also, not only for expanding the wine market but also reaping substantial monetary gains for the producers. There was a time when sponsoring wine dinners was the only option available to wine producers and importers to make inroads into |
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Feature: Torres may Distribute Indian Wines Soon
Feb 10: The 230 million euro Spanish Group, distributing wines in India through the joint venture, Prestige Wines and Spirits may also start handling distribution of Indian wines from the coming fiscal year, according to Miguel Torres Sr., the patriarch of the Torres empire and partner in the joint venture, during a dinner organised at Sevilla Restaurant when he visited Delhi for a day last week, writes Subhash Arora. Though the deal might not have been signed yet, it is reportedly at a very advanced stage. Although Miguel Torres Sr. avoided naming the channel partner, it |
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World Wine Symposium: Italy’s Villa d’Este at its Best
Feb 07: Villa d’Este is a dream destination on Lake Como in Italy where you may indulge yourself like kings, queens and movie stars but at the World Wine Symposium held there every November, you may do that with plenty of top quality wines, pay a lot less and rub shoulders with the wine kings, queens and stars too, writes Subhash Arora who is a regular visitor . ‘Which wine did you like the most, Mr. Antonio Galloni’ asks the bearded man sitting next to Aubert de Villaine at the dais facing 50 people with 8 glasses holding red wine, who have been sipping and |
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The Wine Company inches towards 5-star Prices
Feb 10: Within weeks of introducing what was considered a revolutionary concept of selling wines in a restaurant at the Retail Prices thus attracting more wine lovers, The Wine Company in the Cyber Hub Gurgaon has proved the detractors right and has increased its prices as high as 30%,writes Subhash Arora who could not believe his eyes when he saw the new higher price tags on the shelves yesterday at the wine tasting. This is one invite the owners of The Wine Company may regret sending for the official launch of the restaurant that started serving wine on |
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Bring a Rosy Sparkle to your Valentine
Feb 12: If Champagne is the celebratory drink but too expensive as a gift or at the Restaurant you take your Valentine to, there are enough desi avatars that are almost, though not quite, perfect bubblies you might want to try this Valentine’s day with the quality of the Indian sparkling wines at an all time high and the prices reasonable, with Indian Rose Brut being a perfect choice for your lady love, writes Subhash Arora. Valentine’s Day is that time of the year that you would not find in a Hindu calendar or even any old Indian calendar. But it has been a |
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Rajasthan may Turn Grey this April
Feb 12: With the new liquor excise policy of Rajasthan to come into effect in April increasing the label registration fee of imported wines ten-fold, the number of labels registered are expected to come to a trickle and with the hotels obliged to cut down their wine lists and increase the prices further, it would be safe to assume that the grey market would flourish although Indian wines are expected to benefit slightly, writes Subhash Arora. According to the liquor policy announced recently by the Rajasthan government, the existing label registration fee for wines will be |
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