{"id":14254,"date":"2024-04-30T08:42:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T03:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=14254"},"modified":"2024-04-30T17:49:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:19:31","slug":"item_5_948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_5_948\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasting the Wine Wonders of Australia in Delhi courtesy AUSTRADE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14254\" class=\"elementor elementor-14254\">\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>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Posted:Tuesday, 30 April 2024 09:52<\/p>\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9669605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9669605\" 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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b62f3ec\" data-id=\"b62f3ec\" 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-c0e78f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e78f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<h1 class=\"articlepagetitle_heading\">Tasting the Wine Wonders of Australia in Delhi courtesy AUSTRADE<\/h1>\n<div class=\"articlepageintroline\">April 30: The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) had recently organised a wine promotional event at the Captain&#8217;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.<\/div>\n<div class=\"articledata\">\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14261 alignleft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-300x235.jpeg\" alt=\"Tasting the Wine Wonders of Australia in Delhi courtesy AUSTRADE\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-300x235.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-1024x801.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-768x601.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-1536x1202.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>John<\/strong><\/em><strong>Southwell<\/strong> is the Trade and Investment Commissioner of Austrade in India responsible for food and beverage (including wine), agricultural and consumer products into India and south Asia. A totally hands-on guy, he can be seen anywhere Australian wines may have a possibility of promotion. Based in Mumbai, John is known to lead from the front and can be seen in every important event promoting Aussie wines. Therefore, it was not surprising to see him and his team from Delhi, geared up to offer all assistance to make it an interesting afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.00.46.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14266 size-medium\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.00.46-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Wine Regions of Australia\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.00.46-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.00.46-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.00.46-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.00.46-1024x1365.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.00.46.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wine Regions of Australia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a mere coincidence that the event was slated, just a few days after China had announced the end of \u2018cold war\u2019 by announcing the waiving off of penal duties imposed on Australian wine imports bringing the business to a trickle. Therefore, the mood at the venue was upbeat in the Australian camp though it was obvious that Australia would never again put all their eggs in one basket-the Chinese basket. In any case the Chinese wine market has shrunk over the last few years and according to OIV, there has been a drop of 25% last year alone.<\/p>\n<p>John stressed that Australia had worked very hard to tackle the new markets like India and as a policy would continue to further develop these markets. It would help that the Indo-Australian FTA, reducing taxes on premium wines in 2 slots of US$5-15 and US $15 and above, would make Aussie wines more competitive. The effects were already being visible and one would see the results soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14265 alignleft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33-300x208.jpeg\" alt=\"Tasting the Wine Wonders of Australia in Delhi courtesy AUSTRADE\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33-300x208.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33-1024x708.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33-768x531.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33-1536x1062.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33-825x575.jpeg 825w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33-590x410.jpeg 590w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-22.57.33.jpeg 1570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>He also made a heartening statement that Australians were not interested in merely increasing their exports to India&nbsp; but were also keen to extend technical support to the Indian wine industry.<\/p>\n<p>Sonal Holland MW started by introducing the Australian wine industry and the 65 wine regions of Australia, spread across the breadth of the huge country. Her emphasis was on the diversity of the soil and terroir, their passion and propensity to work with different grape varieties (around 100) and with freedom to innovate and produce the best possible wines for their customers, they were at an advantageous position.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blind Tasting <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.02.21.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14271 size-medium\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.02.21-300x202.jpeg\" alt=\"Blind Tasting \" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.02.21-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.02.21-1024x690.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.02.21-768x517.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.02.21-1536x1034.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.02.21.jpeg 1577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blind Tasting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While affirming that this was the first time that Austrade had organised the Masterclass in Delhi with her conducting it, she said she had chosen to a new approach and as her staff gave out the \u2018Blind Tasting Journal\u2019, she said the 5 wines being poured would be all blind and the participants had to go through the process of judging in their mind and guess the grapes in the wines.<\/p>\n<p>The process was somewhat simplified by selecting the typical grape varieties used in 2 whites, a ros\u00e9 and 2 reds. With a fair amount of interaction, the grape mystery was unraveled- Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Moscato, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon were the grapes selected. Following wines were presented in that order:<\/p>\n<p>1. Bush Ballard Sauvignon Blanc 2022<\/p>\n<p>2. Taylor\u2019s Promised Land Chardonnay 2023<\/p>\n<p>3. Yellow Tail Pink Moscato<\/p>\n<p>4. 19 Crimes Shiraz 2021<\/p>\n<p>5. Vasse Felix Filius Cabernet Sauvignon 2021<\/p>\n<p>The prices of these wines were not disclosed. But it did not feel like \u2018Tasting the Wonders of Australia\u2019 as the catalogue suggested. Australia, with its vast production experience boasts of technically excellent wines. The success of the \u2018best imported wine\u2019 Jacobs Creek as perceived by Indian novices is ample proof of that and even the ubiquitous Yellow Tail Moscato drank well. But we were deprived of several wonderful wines, I felt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.03.21.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14270 alignleft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.03.21-300x246.jpeg\" alt=\"Tasting the Wine Wonders of Australia in Delhi courtesy AUSTRADE\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.03.21-300x246.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.03.21-1024x840.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.03.21-768x630.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.03.21-1536x1260.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-29-at-23.03.21.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The snacks served by the staff were delicious and the service very professional, validating their credentials as one of the finest wine destinations. Captain&#8217;s Cellar offers a surrealist wine bar experience-Australian or other wines. Sonal has of course, toned and honed herself during the years after earning her MW.<\/p>\n<p>I do feel that with the duties falling and Australia gaining the first mover\u2019s advantage in terms of duty restructuring and reduction, the emphasis should have been on the premium wines where the Aussies can well compete with the top Italian, French and American wines; even Chile and Argentina boast of top ended wines in their Tastings and offerings. In that sense, it was a missed opportunity. Having tasted a few sessions organised at the High Commission, I know Australia has a lot of quality wines to offer.<\/p>\n<p>But I guess, we have to wait for another opportunity or perhaps FTAs with EU, Chile and the US when they would start offering their wines at better prices and have people feel on their palates and pockets, would have the Aussies put their best foot forward.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Austrade, Sonal and in no less measure to the staff of Captain&#8217;s Cellars for pulling off the Masterclass and bringing welcome showers in the otherwise WINE-TASTING- draught-ridden SADDI DILLI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subhash Arora <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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:Tuesday, 30 April 2024 09:52 Tasting the Wine Wonders of Australia in Delhi courtesy AUSTRADE April 30: 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