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What are the chefs of Vana Retreat in Dehradun doing in the Engadine Valley in Switzerland? Renu Chahil-Graf unearths the story behind this strange happenstance… The story emerged during an interview with the General Manager …
With the Modi juggernaut powering back to a thumping majority in the recent Lok Sabha elections, what does this presage for the wine industry in India? As everybody knows, alcoholic beverages are a state subject …
When might a wine producer not want to make the best possible wine? Now. Now particularly. All over the world winemakers are more obsessed than ever with terroir, with the way geography can shape how …
Sommelier Charles Donnadieu at The Lalit New Delhi tells Reva K Singh that the profession of a sommelier is recognised around the world… Charles Donnadieu earned a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management from International Hotel …
Quarciabella Camartina IGT 2010 A Super Tuscan wine on par with the finest Super Tuscans from the region, Camartina is produced from three tiny vineyards in limited quantities with just 3,500 bottles per hectare from …
Jancis Robinson opens her glass cabinet to reveal how wine glasses have changed over the years My glass cupboard, carefully designed with racks from which glasses can hang upside down, bears witness to fashions in wine glasses over the …
I sometimes stop to think how many people (beyond the rosy statistics) consider wine to be important to their lifestyles? An editorial in a UK publication stated that we wine writers deal with, arguably, a …
Sweet wines don’t get the appreciation that they so richly deserve, writes Jancis Robinson, and urges us to try them with no preconceptions Not much about wine makes me sad, but the average wine consumer’s attitude to sweet …
April 2016 If you were thinking of throwing wine on a person’s face will the quality of the wine in your hand determine whether you would actually go ahead with the act? asks Raghu Bahadur …
In March I gave several talks in Tokyo to Japan’s exceptionally numerous and exceptionally polite wine lovers in which I extolled the newfound virtues of English sparkling wine, writes Jancis Robinson in her column in …
What is a wine worth and what is its pricing formula? Is it a measure of quality or market dynamics? Michael Fridjhon raises some interesting questions on wine prices and the Cape Wine Industry in …
Who will make the first wine in China that seriously challenges the world’s finest? Many a Chinese wine producer has that aim, and I have so far tasted a handful of wines (mostly, perhaps coincidentally, made …