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Features31 Dec 2018
Grover Zampa Vineyards enters a new dawn
Recently GZV secured significant funding led by Singapore-based wine investor Ravi Viswanathan. We spoke with him to see which new horizons this hefty infusion opens up for GZV, known for bringing premium Indian wines to …
Features21 Dec 2018
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Here’s wishing A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year to all our readers, advertisers and business partners around the world. May 2019 bring good fortune, health and happiness along with many a good bottle …
Features06 Nov 2018
Bigger, Better, and Shinier – The India Wine Awards 2018 Winners & Gala Night Celebration
Many a cork was opened with great gusto at The Leela, Mumbai on September 29, 2018. The second edition of the India Wine Awards was bigger, better and shinier! The competition received 353 domestic and …
Features21 Sep 2018
Exclusive Interview – Christie’s Wine Director and new MW, Tim Triptree talks about fine & rare wines
Promoted earlier this year as International Director, Specialist in the Wine Department, Tim Triptree is in charge of Christie’s activities across Continental Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Tim joined Christie’s Wine Department in 2005 after …
Features17 Sep 2018
Prosecco Paradise. A wine with a sparkling history
All you wanted to know about the sparkling history and origins of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore. By Alessandra Piubello. Venturing into the lush hills that nestle behind the embrace of the Piave River, covered with …
Features16 Sep 2018
York’s Yaatra – A Wonderful Journey for the Syrah wine
Yaatra, a 100% only Syrah, was born of a partnership between York Winery and Liam Steevenson MW. Brinda Gill brings us the back-story on how this Shubh Yatra came to be. “For us, this project fulfils many objectives,” …
Features27 Aug 2018
Wines of Germany, A Rheinhessen Renaissance
A new spirit of experimentation has lifted the Rheinhessen region out of the doldrums, with the potential to become one of the jewels in Germany’s vinous crown, writes Ashika Mathews While the beauty, purity …
Features15 Aug 2018
Chateau d’Etroyes: Where Burgundy Meets India
Fine burgundies, made for 300 years by a single French family, are all set to bring joy to Indian wine lovers. Julia Sherstyuk explains how this delightful circumstance has come about. May 1815. Napoleon, returning to …
Features15 Aug 2018
Gaia Gaja, eldest daughter of Italy’s most influential wine producer business
The Gaja family settled in the region of Piemonte in northwest Italy in the mid- 17th century. Five generations of Gajas have been producing wines in Piemonte’s Langhe hills since 1859, the year Giovanni Gaja, …
Features24 Jul 2018
Mistress of Wine, Uma Chigurupati wears many hats with equal poise & grace
Shoba Narayan paints an engaging word-portrait of Uma Chigurupati, a woman who wears many hats with equal poise and grace Clad in a chic white shirt and matching pants, Uma Chigurupati stands beside her husband, …
Features22 Jul 2018
The Peerless Uma Chigurupati of KRSMA Estates – Sommelier India 2018 Person of the Year
You have seen her on stage, elegantly dressed in a sari at a KRSMA launch or sitting in on a vertical tasting of her wines. She’s on the cover of magazines, featured in articles, pictured …
Features26 Jun 2018
New issue of Sommelier India – The Wine Magazine in circulation. Person of the Year Announced
In the period between this issue of Sommelier India and the previous one, I visited two important regions of the wine world to attend landmark events. One was the annual En Primeur programme organised by …