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Blog: I’m a Vinotaler, Yes I Am!
May 16: If you look for the word Vinotaler in any dictionary you may not find it anywhere-since the word does not exist. But I have coined the same for a person like me who is otherwise a teetotaler but drinks only Vino and is not a Wino (Wine-o) and I am reasonably sure the word would be included in dictionaries soon or at least the wine  dictionaries if enough people start using it to describe themselves. There may not be many people on this planet |
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Restaurant Feature: The International flavour of Four Seasons
May 17: Four Seasons wines showcased some of their fine offerings at another excellent Gourmet Diaries wine dinner at the West View presided over by Chef Peter Wyss of the Gstaad Palace in Switzerland, in collaboration with ITC Maurya and the Swiss Consulate recently. Arun Batra who had been invited on behalf of delWine reports. For 100 years, Gstaad Palace, one of the last family-owned Swiss luxury hotels has epitomized the art of Swiss |
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Hotel Wine Lists: FHRAI Directive Bites the Dust
May 16: The all but forgotten Directive by the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) asking the Hotel and Restaurant Members to roll back the prices of wine to the profitability cap of 250% on wines from the then high of 1000%, has been gathering dust or resting in our Archives Folder for 6 years with many not even aware of its existence, writes Subhash Arora who believes the hotels’ collective need or greed has been a bottleneck in |
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Wine Glass may have legal definition in Delhi soon
May 17: One may soon find the familiar 30mL stainless steel measures in sizes of 125 ml and 150 mL when the wine-by-the-glass size comes under the purview of Weights and Measures Department in a bid to standardize the hitherto voluntary size, and with this one more area of wine service coming under the control of the local government. Whiskey and rum already have a legal standard measure of 30 and 60 ml known as chhota peg and barha peg |
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Wine and Health: India a Wine Toddler but a macho boozy Nation
May 15: India may not be competitive in international swimming or skiing but it holds its fort in kabaddi and kho, as a study by WHO would show that an average Indian male drinker over the age of 15 years consumes 33 liters of alcohol a year while wine consumption is a mere 0.1 liter, indicating a huge hidden potential and opportunity for wine growth when the younger generation shuns liquor in favour of wine as the healthier lifestyle option. The average for |
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Wine and Health: Study shows Red Light to Red Wine
May 14: If the latest study by John Hopkins Medical Center on a group of elderly inhabitants of Chianti were given the cognizance one would think that red wine may not be as good for health as the hype created by hundreds of studies during the last couple of decades have suggested, with the researchers claiming no evidence that the wine ingredient resveratrol reduced heart diseases or prolongs life. The researchers studied two small towns in the Chianti area |
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