No. 655: : July 08, 2015

Assistant Editor : Natasha Vohra

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Blog: GIFT for Indian Wines at State Banquets
July 06: The recent news that the dry State of Gujarat is expected to dilute its decades-long prohibition rule for the Gujarat International Finance and Tec-City (GIFT) to make it compete with the other big regional financial centres in Dubai and Singapore, makes me hope that my 5-year old suggestion to the government to allow serving Indian Wines at State Banquets might become a reality, thus helping the Make in India story for Indian wines reach

Austrian Wine South Styrian King Sauvignon Blanc
July 08: Grüner Veltliner is the signature grape of Austria, covering 30% of total cultivation followed by Welschriesling, Mueller Thurgau, Weissburgunder, Riesling and Morillon (Chardonnay), but Sauvignon Blanc- grown mostly in South Styria (2%) has been making international waves for the last two decades, writes Subhash Arora who visited Styria at the Austrian Wine Summit, and experienced the vines and wines and was smitten with this varietal here

WOW 2015: Ritu Dalmia of Diva
July 04: As a restaurateur, entrepreneur and a wine aficionado Ritu Dalmia, owner of Diva Restaurant and five other smaller restaurants in Delhi, has perhaps done more to promote the sale of wine and for a longer time than any other woman in India and creditably her passion has not decreased despite the ever increasing procedural hurdles in India. Despite having a string of restaurants she owns and the increasing number of visits to Italy to curate mega

Champagne, Burgundy included in UNESCO World Heritage
July 06: The people of Champagne must have added substantially to champagne consumption on hearing the decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee last Friday in Bonn, recognising ‘Champagne-Slopes, Houses & Cellars’ in the UNESCO world heritage list, making one wonder how Aubert Villaine, co-owner of DRC and heading the now also recognised ‘Les Climats du Vignoble de Bourgogne’ campaign and other vignerons of Burgundy

OIV Report: World Drinking More Imported Wines
July 08: While India’s imports have been stagnating and gradually moving downwards currently at around 16% the wine word is getting more globalised with the imported wine today being at 43% compared to 27% ten years ago. But Indian grapes maintain the ninth position in the world market, according to the annual viticulture report released on June 6 by Jean-Marie Aurand, the Director General of OIV during the 38th World Congress of Vine and Wine

Australia plans to be Pre-eminent, not Prominent Wine Exporter
July 03: The 5-year Strategy Plan issued by the Australian Grape and Wine Authority on Wednesday proposes to conduct a majority of activities under the long-established brand ‘Wine Australia’ and hopes to make Australian wines Pre-eminent rather than prominent by spending A $35 million every year in R & D, market building, education and other image building initiatives. The Australian Grape and Wine Authority (AGWA) Strategic Plan 2015-2020

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