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Wine decides the menu says French chef Bernard Danc

Wine decides the menu says French chef Bernard Danc

French chef Bernard Dance’s priorities are clear. The wine precedes, and decides the food to follow. That sounds radical; but after all, he is working at Möet and Chandon’s Chateau de Saran, the company’s private …

Thinking about a career in bartending?

Thinking about a career in bartending?

Over the last few years bartending has become a hot career option. No more is it a poorly paid career as it once was. Some of the top bartending schools in the country include the …

Top Online Stories for 2007

Top Online Stories for 2007

India Wine Challenge Results, Nine Hills & Sula lead Love wine quietly, a personal perspective The 2006 Bordeaux En Primeur Season, the last word May a thousand IVY Wine Bars Bloom Additional Custom Duties …

Mulling over wine

Mulling over wine

Do not expect too much or too little from your wine. Unique, fine wines for instance should be reserved for occasions when they can be enjoyed with deliberate awareness of the unusual pleasure they provide. …

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Scorsese Wine Film Sparkles as an Ad

Scorsese Wine Film Sparkles as an Ad

Is this really an ad or a movie? Martin Scorsese plays a leading role in this promotional wine video clip. The story centers around a key to a box that houses a bottle of Freixenet …

Wondering what role oak plays in winemaking?

Wondering what role oak plays in winemaking?

Wines made from certain grapes, chardonnay, semillon, the Bordeaux reds and so on, gain complexity and add layers of flavor when aged in new oak barrels. However, the type of barrel and the …

Delhi loves money, cars & wine

Delhi loves money, cars & wine

The people of Delhi earn more, drink more and die more on its streets, the latest Delhi Statistical Handbook of 2007 reveals according to the Indian Express. The sale of alcohol has seen a steady …

French wine tailored for the Indian market

French wine tailored for the Indian market

The UK’s Telegraph is reporting that Hugh Ryman, the maverick English winemaker portrayed by Russell Crowe in A Good Year, has brought another innovation to the wine market, a French wine tailored to the …

Nilaya’s Seductive Wine Labels

Nilaya’s Seductive Wine Labels

Last week we published a note about Nilaya’s wine launch here on the Sommelier India blog. Little did we know that the design team behind all of Nilaya’s branding work was reading Sommelier India. Well, …