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Features16 Sep 2017
Dom Pérignon hits the jackpot at the 2017 Champagne & Sparkling Wine Championships
Dom Pérignon 1998 P2 in Magnum has been named Supreme World Champion and Best French Sparkling Wine in the 2017 Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC). Trentodoc producer Ferrari Lunelli was crowned as Sparkling Wine Producer …
Features23 Aug 2017
Great quality, low yields – The Indian Wine Harvest
The 2017 harvest in India produced grapes of top quality, writes Piyush Gadkari. This article originally appeared in the July/August issue of Sommelier India. When I initially set out to compile a harvest report for …
Features09 Aug 2017
Tamil Nadu ups the legal limit of storing liquor at home
The rules pertaining to storing liquor at home are nebulous and vary between states. Here’s the latest on Tamil Nadu as reported in The Economic Times. The Tamil Nadu government has increased the legal limit …
Features01 Aug 2017
Don’t give wine a bad name!
Recently, in Visakhapatnam a group of women from the All India Democratic Women’s Association sat blindfolded in front of New Jalsa Wine shop in Santoshnagar, Tatichetlapalem to demand its shifting. They said that shops like Jalsa …
Features01 Aug 2017
Chandon India win bronze at CSWWC
Chandon’s Brut and Brut Rosé won a bronze at the prestigious Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC) in the sparkling wine category this year.           …
Features17 Jul 2017
India is a complex drinks market where wine’s share is miniscule
In an interview to Jane Anson, Bordeaux correspondent for UK’s Decanter magazine, whom he met at Vinexpo in June, Rajeev Samant  truthfully said, “India is all about contradictions, and you learn to work with them. …
Features11 Jul 2017
Darker, Deeper, Richer: Indian Sparkling Rosé Brut launched by York Winery
Kailash Gurnani, winemaker, York Winery shares his thoughts with Brinda Gill on the launch of York Sparkling Rosé Brut 2015… When did you first think of producing a sparkling rosé wine? We have been keen …
Features11 Jul 2017
Unapologetically Italian – Ruffino Wine Dinner at Cellini, Grand Hyatt, Mumbai
Suneeta Sodhi Kanga attended a 10-course wine dinner curated  by Chef Alessandro Persico at Celini, the Italian restaurant of the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, with Ruffino wines from Tuscany. Emma Hammonds, Regional Director Asia, Constellation Brands flew in from Hong …
Features07 Jul 2017
It’s here! York Sparkling Rosé Brut
After years in the making, York Winery finally announced the launch of the York Sparkling Rosé – a 100% Shiraz sparkling wine, reports Kanika Dhawan. Speaking about the wine, co-owner Kailash Gurnani said, “Made in …
Features22 Jun 2017
A First for Dom Pérignon
This is the first time that the iconic champagne brand has broken the order of its releases, with Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy announcing the launch of 2009 Dom Pérignon before the 2008 vintage. The …
Features18 Jun 2017
Peter Gago of Penfolds Grange receives highest Australian honour
“When it comes to the greats of Australian wine, one name stands above all — Penfolds Grange. And one contemporary winemaker is synonymous with that icon — Peter Gago,” writes The Advertiser. For the first …
Features13 Jun 2017
Australia’s “Tuning Fork” cooks up a storm in Mumbai
Australia’s highly-awarded and only hatted, Aboriginal Chef Clayton Donovan along with guitarist and songwriter Darren Middleton from the iconic Australian band Powderfinger visited Mumbai to present a night of indulgence and fun with a one-of-a-kind fine food and …