Restaurant Feature

Rendezvous at Captain’s Cellar Wine Bar at Taj Mahal Hotel

Captain’s Cellar at the Taj Mahal Hotel is a wine bar that calls itself Wine Lounge but it provides nevertheless an opportunity to wine lovers to collect in small groups of friends for a glass or more of wines, even though the tasting flights are perhaps still missing and the service does not fully justify the pedigree as a top ranking hotel, writes Subhash Arora who was not happy with the service when a full house of Delhi Wine Club members, floundered somewhat

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Ristorante Dali serves Italian Flavours for the visiting Vinitaly India Delegation

The latest Italian restaurant serving Italian cuisine in its GK2 property hosted a lunch for the visiting producers from Veronafiere, Verona earlier this month, on Sunday 9 March after successfully finishing the wine tasting on 8 March and visiting a couple of retail outlets in Gurgaon and from the impression one gathered from the visitors, they were happy to find an Italian Restaurant serving delicious, original Italian cuisine, writes Cav. Subhash Arora who was a special invitee for the Lunch

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IWD 2024: Celebrating 8th Indian Wine Day on 16 November in Imperial Style

Indian Wine Academy celebrated the 8th edition of Indian Wine Day on 16 November at the Restaurant 1911 at Hotel Imperial in collaboration with Delhi Wine Club and wines by Fratelli Vineyards, in a perfect match between excellent food and wine coupled with the impeccable Imperial service that made the members exclaim that this was the best food and Indian wine experience they had experienced in Delhi, writes Subhash Arora who felt gratified because it proved that the French-inspired cuisine could also be an excellent match with Indian wines

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Andaz by Hyatt: You just can’t have a Glass or bottle of Italian Fishing Cat

The Fishing Cat wines from Abruzzo, Italy have taken Delhi by the storm with 5-star hotels and several restaurants making it the biggest selling brand in Delhi NCR region but ‘Hotel Andaz by Hyatt’ in Aerocity has the complete range available in their AnnaMaya Restaurant where the Italian Chef Matteo Fracalossi matches wine with diversified dishes, offering a complete Italian experience, writes Subhash Arora who enjoyable the gourmet experience recently at Lunch where a lavish buffet including Italian dishes, awaits you

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Chile Ambassador graces DWC Dinner with Chilean Wines at Lalit

The Delhi Wine Club (DWC) Dinner organised at The Grill Room, Hotel Lalit with Chilean wines as the Protagonist on 8 September, was a big hit with some of the members even to sit-out due to the full capacity of the Restaurant, writes Subhash Arora, Chairman Emeritus of the Club, who had invited the Chilean Ambassador, H.E. Juan Angulo and whose informal presence with his wife added charm and oomph to the evening as did that of the Export Manager of Ventisquero, Remy Hoenn who had flown to Delhi especially for the event and present the wines.

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Jancis Robinson MW on her 4th visit to India

Unquestionably the most sought after Master of Wine in the world today, Jancis Robinson MW, was in the Capital yesterday with her husband on a private visit to India, when a get- together was organised by Sonal Holland MW and Captain’s Cellar, the latest hot spot in town at the Taj Mahal Hotel, where she could be seen relaxed while interacting with all the guests, writes Subhash Arora who enjoyed meeting her again and tasting (no spitting), several of the 35 wines on offer during the evening.

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Double Entry for Indian Accent in Wine Spectator Restaurant Award 2024

Six Indian Restaurants have received the ‘Award of Excellence’ Certificate, with the Indian Accent making a double entry in the Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards List 2024, for both its properties at the Hotel Lodhi Delhi and Jio Center Mumbai getting this Award, with both Le Cirque at Leela Palace, Delhi and Mumbai joining in, as does The Table in Colaba Mumbai for the 6th year while Four Seasons Bengaluru getting the recognition for its ‘Far and East” Restaurant. Subhash Arora reports

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GRAND Performance by The Grand Hotel at Delhi Wine Club Dinner (#320)

The 320th event of the Delhi Wine Club (DWC) at The Grand (earlier The Grand Hyatt), was a roaring success with the flamboyant Michel Koopman, the new Vice President of the hotel since November last, pulling no stops to make the first Wine Dinner under his nose an enviable benchmark for the hotel which has already covered miles to make it an excellent wine and food destination after it became sans Hyatt, writes Subhash Arora who would be happy to see the President Mukul Manku work with several different formats to keep the events refreshing

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Tasting the Wine Wonders of Australia in Delhi courtesy AUSTRADE

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) had recently organised a wine promotional event at the Captain’s Cellar, Hotel Taj Mansingh where Sonal Holland MW conducted a Masterclass on Australian wines, tasting 5 wines blind with a full house in attendance, writes Subhash Arora who enjoyed the proceedings despite physical discomfiture.

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Change of Guard at Delhi Wine Club January Lunch at CHO

The customary annual wine brunch of the Delhi Wine Club (estd. 2002) on 21 January 2024 had a different flavour this year with President Ranganathan Parthiban giving charge as President to the 4th President, Col. Mukul Manku (Retd.) at Cho Restaurant in Mehrauli, attended by a full house, writes Subhash Arora who founded the Club in 2002 and is now Chairman Emeritus

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Yauatcha Tie-up with Private Label Producer King Fratelli expands to Bangalore

Fratelli Wines had gone a step further in cementing its position as the largest producer making private labels in India by tying up a year ago with the Yauatcha group specializing in exquisite Cantonese fare, and introducing IVELLE white wine in Mumbai and recently in their Bangalore Restaurant too, writes Subhash Arora who believes the producer has quietly become a leader in private labelling in India with this excellent offering

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Tuscan Castello di Querceto visits Mumbai and Delhi

Marco Fizialetti, Sales Manager of the historical Tuscan Winery Castello di Querceto in Greve in Chianti, was in India recently, when the Indian importers Anggel’s Share introduced him to a set of invitees at a dinner hosted at Sorrento Restaurant at the Shangri La Hotel Delhi where three of their Tuscan wines were served, matched with food. Subhash Arora who was invited, reports

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Sula Wines takes over L’Osteria Bella Restaurant at Holiday Inn

Sula Wines took over the recently rechristened L’Osteria Bella Restaurant at the Holiday Inn Aerocity, and hosted a Sundowner for the members of the Delhi Wine Club and a few hotel guests, dishing out cheeses and antipasti with five wines from their premier range, writes Chairman Emeritus Subhash Arora who enjoyed the evening of authentic Italian snacks paired with Sula wines in an eclectic atmosphere thick with good food, wines and bonhomie

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An Experiential Virgin Hills Dinner at The Lovefools in Mumbai by IWA

Virgin Hills is the new kid on the block in Nashik, producing excellent wines, and The Lovefools is a new hip restaurant in Bandra already frequented by Bollywood and other celebrities. Natasha Vohra, the Mumbai-based Assistant Editor of delWine, curated an excellent wine dinner with the help of star Chef Sarita Pereira at this quaint Catholic Bungalow owned by the celebrity Ad couple Mitali and Prahlad Kakar, on September 21

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Antica Bottega del Vino Bags Wine Spectator’s Grand Award 19th Time

Antica Bottega del Vino in Verona, owned by the ‘Twelve Historical Families’ of Valpolicella, is an iconic restaurant in Verona specializing in wine and Italian food, and is one of the 6 Restaurants in Italy that has won the prestigious Wine Spectator’s Grand Award for the nineteenth year in a row this year, writes Subhash Arora who was privileged to be part of a private wine dinner organised in the basement in 2005 during the Vinitaly Concorso and was bedazzled by the wines and the impressive Wine List

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