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Blog: Devil’s Share on the increase for Wine in India
Sep 02: While one knows that the customs duties in India are high, the excise duties are often arbitrary but fixed by the state governments, there is an important aspect of costing which is latent, unofficial, variable and has been generally going up for wines. This portion that I have defined as Devil’s Share has been impacting the prices  negatively, constantly nibbling away at whatever contribution to overheads are generated from the sales. |
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Restaurant Feature: DWC Dinner with Chef Tanveer and Bill Hardy Admirable
Aug 31: The 245th wine dinner of the Delhi Wine Club (DWC) last week at Le Meridien Gurgaon with Hardys had Maestro Chef Tanveer Kwatra showcase his art of cooking while Bill Hardy, the Brand Ambassador of Accolade-owned Hardys Wines, charmed the members with his inimitable style of story-telling about the 160-year history of his winemaking family and also tasting two William Hardy labels named thus to celebrate his 40 years |
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Wine Feature: Bordeaux 2014 a Vinegrower's Vintage- Part II
Aug 28: In Bordeaux 2014 terroir played a vital role and despite September and October being excellent months, it was termed a Vinegrower's Year by many because of the amount of work required in the vineyards and while our Bordeaux expert John Salvi MW focused on the weather conditions and costs of maintenance of vines in Part I, he analyses the Structure and Composition of the Vintage in Part II in which he concludes that red wines overall |
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FSSAI: Labelling Alcohol Content in Standard Units
Sep 01: The import of wine and spirits was bogged down last year by the labelling requirements and the tsunami is now down to ripples, but FSSAI and the lawmakers ought to consider mentioning the alcohol units on the back labels of all wines and spirits sold in India as an advisory in order to give the message about alcohol in a positive way, despite the protests expected from producers and importers since consumers’ health will benefit in the long |
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The Big Bottle Fest at the Cape in South Africa
Sep 02: The Big Bottle Festival organised at the Cape Town Club on 21-22 August with 49 producers under one roof with their magnums and double magnums saw about a 1000 people taste wines with delicious, complimentary snacks. It was a private initiative but underlined its relevance for the producers and consumers in South Africa and could be a model waiting to take off in the Indian scenario, possibly in Mumbai or Bangalore. There were 49 |
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Mosi: Indian Billionaire and a Zimbabwean Sommelier in South Africa
Sep 02: What is common between the Indian billionaire Analjit Singh of Max India group and Joseph Dafana , a young black Sommelier from Zimbabwe is that both are entrepreneurs with Analjit buying a substantial interest in the Swartland boutique winery Mullineux and Joseph having worked in the same winery before becoming a Sommelier and debuting with his wine labelled as Mosi produced from the grapes bought from the same company, part |
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