{"id":10039,"date":"2023-06-28T17:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T12:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=10039"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:46:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T09:16:39","slug":"item_6_934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_6_934\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasting the Wonders of Australia in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10039\" class=\"elementor elementor-10039\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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This restaurant has a list of 125 labels and offers wine by the glass and also half-glass. The <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14Md6YhTyx-PvgVuEMfHNYZh-hE8OgXj9\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Wine List<\/span><\/a> has also been published by Wine Spectator.<\/p><p>Other restaurants in the List from Mumbai are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winespectator.com\/restaurants\/7063\/san%3Aqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">San: qi Restaurant<\/span><\/a><\/strong> at the <strong>Four Seasons Hotel,<\/strong> having a list of 225 labels. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winespectator.com\/restaurants\/3566\/le-cirque-signature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Le Cirque Signature<\/span><\/a><\/strong> Restaurant at <strong>The Leela Palace<\/strong> in Mumbai boasts of 240 labels on its website, though the list has apparently since been whittled down to 220 as given to Wine Spectator.<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winespectator.com\/restaurants\/7062\/jamavar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Jamavar Restaurant<\/span><\/a><\/strong> at <strong>The Leela Palace<\/strong> in Delhi with 265 labels is bit of a surprise since it pours mostly French wines (according to the Award) but with Indian cuisine. On the face of it, this shows a shift in the paradigm and a support to the hypothesis that people are increasingly drinking (French ) wines with Indian food. \u00a0<\/p><p>It appears the wine list of each Restaurant has been added this year along with several other details but delWine failed to access the List of other 3 restaurants.<\/p><p>The Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards have seen a dip in interest and numbers since 2013 when India had won 18 Awards. It had dropped to 5 in 2019 which was a drop from 7 in 2018. The drop to 3 in 2021 was perhaps due to loss of appetite for the Awards because of Covid which has badly crushed the hospitality industry where survival has become the all-important factor.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winespectator.com\/articles\/wine-spectator-unveils-2023-restaurant-award-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards<\/span><\/a> are divided in three categories:<\/p><p><strong>The Award of Excellence<\/strong> is given to restaurants offering well-curated lists with approximately 90 selections or more. These lists feature quality producers and wines that diners wouldn\u2019t easily find at local wine stores and drink at home. These wine selections also match the restaurant\u2019s cuisine in both style and pricing, giving guests a well-rounded experience. This year, 2,001 restaurants achieved the Award of Excellence (one glass).<\/p><p><strong>The Best of Award of Excellence<\/strong> winners take their efforts a step further with the \u00a0lists including around 350 selections or more, representing a breadth of wine regions and styles, as well as vintage depth through vertical collections of notable wines. These restaurants also provide training and educational opportunities for staff so that they can help customers make well-informed wine choices. In 2023 there are 1,411 restaurants given this honour (2 glasses).<\/p><p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_4_885.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Three Indian Entities win Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards 2021<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Grand Award <\/strong>is the ultimate recognition for restaurants with world-class wine programs. This hard-to-achieve award is bestowed upon restaurants that show unwavering passion and perseverance in strategically building thoughtful, impeccable wine programs, then maintaining and growing them year after year. These wine lists, which typically have 1,000 or more selections, deliver an incredibly thorough range of leading wineries and outstanding depth in mature vintages, along with bottles in multiple sizes. Along with superior presentation of their wine lists and excellent harmony with their menus, these restaurants offer the highest level of wine service. <em>Wine Spectator<\/em> claims to inspect all candidates for the Grand Award to evaluate the overall dining experience and cellar conditions. In 2023, there were 93 such winners.<\/p><p>The Award lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_246.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">a bit of its sheen in 2008<\/span><\/a> when a Milan based &#8216; Osteria L&#8217;Intrepido&#8217;\u00a0 restaurant won Wine Spectator magazine&#8217;s award of excellence even though no such restaurant existed and a journalist had mailed a fake list with wines like a 1993 Amarone Classico Gioe S. Sofia, which the magazine once said tasted like paint thinner and nail varnish.<\/p><p>WS claimed then and now that it does not check the veracity of claims made by the restaurants-except for the Grand Awards, pocketing all the $250 fees (and more) for receiving each such entry. One could well make a fictitious list and not even have the wines in the List physically, and yet get the Award. <strong>Ritu Dalmia<\/strong>, a highly respected restaurateur of Delhi (and now in Milan) with Award winning, excellent wine list, who had been earlier winning this Award, stopped participating, followed by some other disillusioned restaurateurs. She had told delWine, \u2018I work very hard to buy and sell a diversified range of wines and take pride in my selection. I want to feel proud when my List gets recognition based on merit and not just by sending in some money and getting a Certificate.\u2019 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>However, delWine can vouch for the Awards listed in the past that the Awards were genuine and well-deserved even if it cannot vouch for the service or the physical availability of the wines listed.<\/p><p>We congratulate all the winners of this Recognition.<\/p><p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/blog_178_710.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">WS Wine List Awards- Why this Kolaveri, Kolaveri Di!<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Subhash Arora<\/strong><\/p><p align=\"justify\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div class=\"articledata\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Wednesday, 28 June 2023 17:38 If you Like this article, please click Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards lists<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,55],"tags":[337,335,336],"class_list":["post-10039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-headlines","category-restaurant-feature","tag-indian-restaurants","tag-restaurant-awards-lists","tag-wine-spectator"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","slider-bg":"","card-grid":"","card-list":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/other-headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other Headlines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/restaurant-feature\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Restaurant Feature<\/a>","tag_info":"Restaurant Feature","comment_count":"1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10039"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10059,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10039\/revisions\/10059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}