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Will India ever get a genuine wine culture? This is the 64-dolour question often asked, forlornly, by oenophiles. And the short answer to that is that it all depends on Auntie Kutti. Wine faces a …

A virtual wine tasting was organized by the Indian Honorary Consulate in Stuttgart as part of their intercultural program, “Stuttgart Meets Mumbai 2022” on 26th and 27th February. For this special tasting, wine professionals and …

A Wine Club is a collection of like-minded (dare I say wine-minded?) people brought together to understand and appreciate wine and all that goes with it: wine and food, wine and music, wine and art, …

Sommelier India correspondent, Ruma Singh on the wine-centred books she has enjoyed reading after finishing her studies With a long period of wine studies finally behind me, it was time to get back to my …

It was a lovely summer’s day and I was with friends, sipping a rosé from the adjacent vineyard. I could so easily have been in the south of France, but no, I was in England, …

Tell any foreigner that India makes wines, and you’ll get an absolutely surprised face! But then, tell an Indian that we make wine in the Hampi Hills, and that’s a bigger shock. And they find …

John Spence explains his business mantra to Carol Wright “My mantra is that it is more fun to be a pirate than to be in the navy,” says John Spence, Chairman and CEO of the …

A fantastic conglomeration of Neo-classical and Mughal architectural elements and references, Bari Kothi is a beautifully restored, late 18th century mansion that looks across the swift-flowing waters of the Bhagirathi river. Home for over 250 …

NEETA MITTAL, Co-Founder LXV Wine, Paso Robles Achieving the status of one of the Top Ten tasting rooms in America by the USA Today newspaper is no small feat. The LXV Wine Tasting Lounge is …

Six women of Indian descent are making a mark in an industry dominated by men, writes Mira Advani Honeycutt Men dominate California’s wine industry. Women are very much a minority. Approximately only 14% of the …

At Sula Vineyards in Nashik, India, there is a steady flow of visitors to the winery, all through the year, from those who stay for a few hours for a wine tour and wine tasting and …

For the first time since its inception and seven years after making its debut in India, Chandon from LVMH has a fresh brand identity, “with beautifully updated packaging, as exquisite as the liquid within”, states …