Personal perspectives and considered opinions from Sommelier India's wine writers.
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In case you haven’t noticed, a new issue of Sommelier India Wine magazine has hit the newsstands across the country. This feature packed issue brings the best wine writing in India and around the world …
Italian wines have to adhere to stringent government controls and standards. The UIV or Unione Italiana Vini Laboratories play an important role in this by certifying the quality of the wine and the specifications printed …
Questions of Indage’s viability persist as it gets a respite with additional financial support from its promoters. But through this all, the fundamental question remains, will you miss Indage if it doesn’t survive? In …
I had first learnt about Yarra Valley when I was in hotel management school but I must confess that reading about it in college and actually being there are two incomparable experiences! writes Jyoti Balani …
Mark Twain, the American author, wrote in 1897 that “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”. On the same lines I would aver that while it is ailing, reports about the imminent demise …
There is no spectacular Indian wine, comments Stanley Pinto. A few are good enough for casual quaffing, but consistency is an issue even with these. For example, a notable ‘Reserve’ produced in Bangalore, once not …
As I see it, there are two questions that are very important for Bordeaux wine producers each year and the decisions they take drive the fate of their businesses. The first is common to all …
Cognac (named after the town of Cognac in France), is savoured by connoisseurs as an ‘after dinner’ drink (particularly on cold winter evenings) and is often enjoyed with a good Cuban cigar, although it is …
My friend Reva, editor and publisher of Sommelier India, the country’s first and, so far only, wine magazine, is puzzled. So, presumably, is Sharad Pawar who, according to popular report, owns acres and …
We’ve been in settings where we’ve seen wine being spilt on a gorgeous Kashmiri carpet. Sometimes it may have even our own carpets as a dinner guest swayed a bit too fluidly to the music …
Spain is a wonderful country with so much to recommend it, from its people (who don’t always speak English) to its incredible, avant-garde cuisine. Indeed, it is home to many of the founders of molecular …
In ancient Greece, a dinner host would take the first sip of wine to assure guests the wine was not poisoned, hence the phrase “drinking to one’s health.” And “toasting” specifically started in ancient Rome …