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The Famous Five at 21
Features26 Jul 2026

The Famous Five at 21

At a recent private dinner and tasting of the celebrated 2005 vintage, Raymond Blake got the opportunity of assessing the ’famous five’ First Growths of the Bordeaux 1855 classification in a near-perfect setting The Bordeaux …

Breathing Fire – The Wine Dragon Raises its Head
Features25 Jul 2026

Breathing Fire – The Wine Dragon Raises its Head

The wine industry in China has undergone a remarkable transformation in an astonishingly short period of time. While most European wine regions are defined by slow, organic development over generations, China has advanced at near …

Cocktail Classics get a Local Twist
Features25 Jul 2026

Cocktail Classics get a Local Twist

A bold new band of mixologists is foraging across India from Ladakh to the Western Ghats, to reimagine classic cocktails through local ingredients, forgotten flavours and stories of place. Sourish Bhattacharyya dips into their cocktail …

Early Start, Endless Quest for Indian sommelier
Features25 Jul 2026

Early Start, Endless Quest for Indian sommelier

Indian sommelier, Harnil Mathur is Associate Director of Wine with Black Sheep Restaurants in Hong Kong, overseeing multiple beverage programs. Raised in Gujarat, his journey into wine began very early on. He became the youngest …

Bollinger Builds for the Next Century
Features16 Jul 2026

Bollinger Builds for the Next Century

Champagne Bollinger unveiled its new 5,000-barrel cellar in style, with La Grande Année 2018 Brut Blanc and Rosé, setting the tone for a milestone moment. Building the new cellars is an important development on the …

Sula Vineyards buys Moët Hennessy wine estate in India
Features27 Mar 2026

Sula Vineyards buys Moët Hennessy wine estate in India

Sula Vineyards has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Moët Hennessy’s wine production assets in India marking a significant consolidation in the country’s premium wine sector and a broader bet on Nashik’s emergence as …

EU–India Deal: What It Means for Wine across the country
Features28 Jan 2026

EU–India Deal: What It Means for Wine across the country

For two decades, India’s wine market has lived with a simple distortion: the wines many consumers want to explore most are priced like luxury goods, not because they are inherently rare, but because the system …

The Enduring Charm of Sherry
Features28 Jan 2026

The Enduring Charm of Sherry

Spain’s long-lived fortified sherries are back in vogue as fresh food wines, says Carol Wright Sherry, the fortified wine produced from white grapes around the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia in southern …

A Toast to French Terroir
Features15 Jan 2026

A Toast to French Terroir

Laurent Moujon and Brinda Bourhis of Winevox, an organization that runs ambassador programmes for French producers has been bringing wineries to India since 2022 to understand the market, consumer trends and retail distribution. Ranjan Pal attended A Toast …

RAJAT PARR the Minimalist Winemaker
Features05 Jan 2026

RAJAT PARR the Minimalist Winemaker

Mira Advani Honeycutt visits Rajat Parr in Cambria to get an insight into his unique take on winemaking Harvest 2025 was coming to an end when I visited Rajat Parr at his Parr Collective Vineyard …