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Features23 Aug 2016
Indian restaurant Junoon in New York wins another Wine Spectator Award
August 22, 2016 –Winning accolades is not something new for chef Vikas Khanna’s Michelin-starred restaurant Junoon in New York. Khanna started Junoon in 2009, in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, New York. Recently, the Indian eatery …
Features19 Aug 2016
Karnataka three-day wine fest from today
August 9, 2016 – The Karnataka State Wine Board has organised a three-day wine fest from August 19 to 21 at the Horticulture Producers’ Cooperative Marketing and Processing Society Limited in Vinobha Nagar locality in Bengaluru, reports …
Features12 Aug 2016
Sommelier India Issue 4, August-September 2016 in circulation
I sometimes stop to think how many people (beyond the rosy statistics) consider wine to be important to their lifestyles? An editorial in a UK publication stated that we wine writers deal with, arguably, a …
Features08 Aug 2016
Good sweet wine is more versatile than it gets credit for
Sweet wines don’t get the appreciation that they so richly deserve, writes Jancis Robinson, and urges us to try them with no preconceptions Not much about wine makes me sad, but the average wine consumer’s attitude to sweet …
Features03 Aug 2016
Which wine? Sommelier India recommends wines to try
M/S Red and M/S White The latest release from Fratelli Vineyards is the fruition of a unique collaboration between two stalwarts of the international wine world. Piero Masi, winemaker of 40 years’ experience …
Features03 Aug 2016
Thematic tastings at Château Climens, starting September
World famous for its dessert wines, Barsac is one of the communes of the Sauternes appellation situated on the northern boundary of the Sauternes commune, on the left bank of the Garonne river. With red sand and …
Features26 Jul 2016
WOSA triennial Sommelier Cup competition
The winner of Wines of South Africa’s triennial Sommelier Cup competition, held at L’Hotel Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, is Joe Yang of Studio City Macau. Yang beat over 100 sommeliers from 14 Asian countries to …
Features21 Jul 2016
Sommelier Speak: “I prefer to pair wine to the diner rather than to the dinner”
Rakesh Awaghade, Resident Sommelier, The Oberoi & The Trident Gurgaon, shares his refreshing philosophy regarding wines and wine drinkers with Reva K Singh As the resident sommelier for both the Oberoi hotels in Gurgaon, what is the underlying philosophy …
Features24 Jun 2016
Master strategist at Chateau Angélus
Our corespondent in Bordeaux, Ronald Rens recounts the tale of how Château Angélus gained the highest classification in Saint-Émilion to join the top league The words, “not possible” do not exist at Angélus. Its name, reputation, …
Features22 Jun 2016
A new collaboration between France and India to promote wine studies
On June 13th, the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux celebrated the official launch of a new partnership between Institut de Promotion Commerciale (IPC), which specialises in wine education and Lotus Business School of Pune, India. …
Features22 Jun 2016
Sula’s Janus brandy earns a bronze at ISC 2016
Janus, the hundred per cent grape brandy launched by India’s top wine company, Sula Vineyards in 2015, has recently won the bronze tasting medal at the International Spirits Challenge (ISC) 2016. Made after a careful selection of grapes from …
Features06 Jun 2016
New – Witlinger Craft Beer in bottles to beat the summer heat!
Witlinger craft beer positions itself as a brand associated with The Adventurer personality with the tag, “Fearless. Daring. Spontaneous. First to try”. Since that description fits me to “T”, the beer already had my attention …