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Promising Riesling Encounter with the Indian Market
Since 130 years Weingut Wegeler Wine Estate has been producing exclusively high-quality Riesling in the most famous vineyards of the Rhine and the Mosel mostly through manual work with traditional and ecological wine-growing techniques. …
Sula’s Ninth Gourmet World Music Festival ends on a high note!
Well into its ninth edition, Sula’s two-day Gourmet World Music Festival from Feb 6th to 7th proved to be a roaring success. Over 10,000 people who descended on the winery at Nashik experienced a mix …
A Crash Course in Wine by Jancis Robinson
So you want to be a wine expert, but don’t have the time to delve into authoritative tomes of the kind Jancis Robinson is renowned for. She is best known for “Wine Grapes” (Allen Lane), “The Oxford …
Travelling with wine as your guide
Visiting wine regions is exhilarating, as you walk through vineyards and soak in the beautiful bucolic landscape. But if you don’t have all the information about the region handy, things can go a little awry. …
CHINA’S WINE PROMISE
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 …
A humble soup with royal origins
Our cookbook columnist Margaret Rens shares the recipe of classic French onion soup while enlightening us about French onions and the other ingredients that go into making this delicious broth… I cannot imagine my kitchen without onions. They …
LOUIS XIII Toasts “100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See”
LOUIS XIII Cognac, one of the most luxurious spirits in the world, announced at a party in London on February 2, 2016, that the original film, starring actor John Malkovich, which envisions the earth one …
The Great Grover Wine Festival & SulaFest are back!
Celebrating wine and all the other good things associated with it, two of India’s prominent wineries, Sula and Grover Zampa are back with their festivals. While the second edition of “The Great Grover Wine …
Wine Tasting Across Borders
“Recently, I was privy to a very special experience: an online tasting. It’s self-explanatory, but allow me to elucidate, writes Sommelier Magandeep Singh in today’s Financial Express.” This was no ordinary wine tasting because it …
Indian Wine and climate change
Climate change and global warming has affected vineyards around the world in recent years, compelling wine producers to make adjustments, and impacting the wines they produce. Our own wineries are not exempt and are taking …
Wine from different varieties, one perfect glass at a time
As with Nespresso coffee machines that have capsules making a single cup of coffee, you can now enjoy wine one glass at a time. Christened D-Vine, the machine was recently unveiled at the world’s largest Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las …
At your doorstep: a Vial of Wine from Vinebox
There are Wine Clubs and Wine Clubs, both digital and bricks and mortar. But here’s a wine club that’s an entirely new concept, a WINE-BY-THE-GLASS club! Created by former corporate American lawyers, Mathew Dukes and Rachel Vodofsky, …