No. 621: : October 10, 2014

Assistant Editor : Natasha Vohra

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Vijay Amritraj stages a comeback through Groverz
Oct 10: After the successful launch at Wimbledon of Vijay Amritraj Reserve Collection of a white and red wine produced by Grover Zampa Vineyards, the wines by the celebrity Indian Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj were officially launched in Mumbai and Bangalore in the presence of the star while Delhi saw the unofficial maiden presentation by Sumedh Singh Mandla, CEO of GroverZ at two back to back events at Gulati’s Spice Market organised by the Indian Wine Academy for its members and at the Delhi Wine club Dinner last month. Rojita Tiwari from Mumbai and

Charosa has ‘Bharosa’ to make Best Indian Wines
Oct 01: Charosa wineries in the Dindori Taluka of Nashik, a subsidiary of the Hindustan Construction Company Ltd promoted by the well-heeled industrialist Ajit Gulabchand, is the latest addition to the Indian wine necklace with nuggets of quality wines that have surprised the wine connoisseurs, by bringing out a Tempranillo Reserve that stands tall in the Indian wine quality chain in its maiden offering, writes Subhash Arora who visited the Dindori based winery near Nashik last week. It had been a pleasant surprise when I had accepted an invitation to taste the

Stephane Derenoncourt: India’s Foremost French Connection
Sep 29: Since I first thought of writing this article I had been suffering from a Writer’s block (if you do not know what Writer’s block is, try Google!). After all, what could I write about Stephane Derenoncourt which had not been written already, I wondered and wandered. How could I list the achievements of the man firstly, whose achievements are innumerable and immeasurable and secondly, who does not seem to be interested in being reminded about his achievements, I reflected and ruminated….I finally decided to introduce him as India’s foremost French

Georgia honours Georgian Wines
Oct 07: Perhaps following the footsteps of Argentina which declared wine as a national drink, Georgia has marked October 4 as Georgia’s Wine Day for the first time with an initiative from Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili who affirmed that the vine and wine are equal to identity of every Georgian citizen. Although in India wine is still considered and at least categorized generally in the spirits category by the government, there are governments including China and Argentina that have realised the importance of wine for their culture and nationality for various reasons.

Taking off to help Austrian Wines Take Off
Sep 27: Thanks to the Austrian Trade Commission and the Austrian Wine Marketing Board represented by Christian Dworan who later went to Annapoorna-Mumbai on September 24-26 to showcase Austrian beauties from iconic producers like Gobelsburg, Bründlmayer and Kracher, a select few in Delhi and Mumbai were fortunate to taste world-class Austrian wines, but one wonders if they were also introduced to the beauties imprinted on the Young Female Winemakers Calendar 2014 with 12 scantily clads posing to help wine sales. Introduced by a publishing

South African Rosé with 47 Grape Varieties
Oct 08: In the increasingly popular varietal-based world of wines where more and more wines with single grape variety are getting in demand by the new consumers, a South African family owned winery in Walker Bay, Bosman Family Vineyards has announced the launch of a Rosé –‘The De Bos Walker Bay 47 Varietal Rosé with a record 47 varietals used methodically in the blend. If you are a novice wine drinker in India, you probably love the Indian Shiraz, Merlot or a Cabernet Sauvignon as the red wine and Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Viognier or Riesling

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