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Star Interview: Ravi Viswanathan- Co-owner of Grover and Sula –Part I
May 29: The Singaporean investment banker Ravi Viswanathan who invested in Grover-Zampa two years ago and created ripples as he bought equity into Sula this year, making him and Reliance as the common and significant investors in the top two wineries of India, tells Subhash Arora at an exclusive private dinner at OTW Aman that the  two are more complementary than competing wineries, as he discusses the state of the Indian wine market |
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Marks & Spencer UK to sell Jewels of Nasik
May 26: After scouting around wineries in India and working with Sula Vineyards for close to a year, the UK based Marks and Spenser has launched their label ‘Jewel of Nasik’ with 3 variants recently when Cecilia Oldne, Sula's Global Brand Ambassador and Head of International Business was in London, reports Subhash Arora who opines that the real jewel from Sula is Rasa Shiraz which won a Silver medal in the Syrah-du-Monde annual competition |
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Bigger Bang for the Buck: Wines at Taj Palace
May 28: Although most hotels and restaurants have kept the wine prices very high, some of them try to devise schemes to encourage higher sales or help liquidate slow moving inventories. Hotel Taj Palace uses a multi-pronged strategy to keep its wine list and wines alive, with prices on several wines quite attractive, beyond the Wednesday Socials and Happy Hours at the Blue Bar, writes Subhash Arora. Taj Palace has a very exciting scheme during |
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VDEWS: Grand Prix du Vin Award for Young Wine Professionals
May 28: Villa d’Este Wine Symposium (VDEWS) known earlier as the World Wine Symposium, has announced the Grand Prix du Vin Award, a prize guaranteed to be over €10,000 for a young winemaker, Sommelier or a student selected by Council formed out of the the 250 delegates at the 6th wine symposium to be held from 6-9 November, writes Subhash Arora who has been a regular invitee since the event was inaugurated in 2009 at the super |
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Passing By: Mariano Garcia of Spanish Bodegas Mauro
May 27: Mariano Garcia, winemaker and owner of Bodegas Mauro and the former winemaker of Vega Sicilia, was in India last week and presented a range of five red wines from his two wineries outside Ribera del Duero and in Toro, at the residence of Mr. Ramon Blecua, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Spain, writes Subhash Arora who was as impressed with the culinary skills of Blecua as the winemaker Mariano. Ask wine lovers in India about the Ribera |
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IWSR: Indian wine market grows by over 15% in 2013
May 28: Total wine consumed in India in 2013 was 2.36 million cases that included 1.18million cases of still wine, 111,250 cases of sparkling wine and 334,500 cases of imported wine with the ‘other wine’ section included in the current Report for the first time, adding 1.03 million cases. Red wines constituted 61% of the total still wine segment, according to the 2014 edition of the International Wine and Spirit Research (IWSR) released last week. |
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