No. 700: : June 07, 2016

Assistant Editor : Natasha Vohra

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Editorial: The Seven- Hundredth Special Issue of delWine ( #700)
June 07: I am very happy to see the 700th edition of delWine on your computer screen. If I may be slightly self congratulatory and immodest for a change, I must say it is quite an achievement. This numbered issue has brought us another milestone-we are into the 10th year of delWine, that we started in 2006. It also brings forth another

2006: Wines From UB? Yes! Kingfisher Wines? Never!
India's largest alcoholic beverage conglomerate getting into the wine business is a good idea, but Subhash Arora finds it difficult to digest the idea of drinking a wine named after Kingfisher, the country's top-selling beer brand. The king of beer has decided to conquer the world of wine. And how! As anticipated, UB Group Chairman Vijay

2007: DelWine salutes Maharashtra Minister
A Maharashtra minister publicly praised the benefits of wine as a health drink and said there was a need to educate people about the difference between wine and liquor. Speaking at the inauguration of a convention of Maharashtra State Grape Producers Association in Pune on Saturday , cooperation minister Mr Patangrao Kadam, said:

2008: Top Ten Importers of India
July 18: The number of importers has increased from about 35 a couple of years ago to nearly 80, servicing the foreign wine market  which touched 220,000 of 9-liter cases in 2007-08 and is expanding at over 30% a year despite the sudden and frequently encountered speed-breakers. Indian Wine Academy conducted an extensive survey

2009: India Must Join OIV for Vine and Wine
Sep 14: With an increasing interest in table grape-growing and wine making, it is imperative that India should now join the Paris based OIV , a UN-modelled international agency formed to help the member nations improve the grapes and wine production, writes Subhash Arora who had an exclusive interview recently in Germany with the Director

2010: India First Asian Nation to Join OIV
May 30: India will be the first Asian country to be accepted as a member into the Paris based OIV, Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin, said Dott. Federico Castellucci, the Director General of the premier international organisation having only government bodies as members. Acknowledging the role played by Subhash Arora

2011: Indian Wine Academy Website Awarded at Vinitaly
April 15: At the annual gala dinner held in Verona last Friday, Comitato Grandi Cru d’Italia, the prestigious Italian association of quality wine producers with an established track record for 20 years, announced 8 awards for Italian and international media and journalists including Indian Wine Academy as the best website, writes Subhash

2012: DWC 10th Anniversary: The Mother of all Wine Dinners
September 26 : India saw its largest sit down wine dinner when the Delhi Wine Club recently celebrated its 10th Anniversary and organised its 200th wine event at a scintillating evening at the hospitality partner Hyatt Regency, in association with Ethos Summit and Rolex watches, attended by the Foreign Secretary, DG of Paris-based OIV,

2013: Arora nominated as Best International Journalist 4th Time
March 18: Cav. Subhash Arora, President of Indian Wine Academy and Editor of India’s first online wine and food eNewsletter delWine, has been nominated for the journalist excellence award as the ‘Best International Journalist’ by the Committee of Grandi Cru d’Italia, a premier Association of Italian producers, for the fourth year in

2014: 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

2015: Cheers to Jai Ho for Cheers!
Oct 26: Travelling to different countries in different continents and meeting people with different cultures speaking different languages, the question always come up on what we say when we propose a toast or have a glass of wine in India. I notice a sense of disappointment when I tell them it is simply ‘Cheers’ because in every language other

2016: GroverZ to Launch the Most Expensive Wine in India
Feb 09: Grover Zampa Vineyards is planning to launch later this year a super premium shiraz-based red wine that would be the most expensive wine in India, that will be sold only in magnums and by invitation only, writes Subhash Arora who tasted the wine at the winery in Bangalore last week and found it outstanding in quality and feels it

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