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Features11 Feb 2014
Feb-March issue of SI The Sommelier India Wine Magazine released
Dear SI Reader A brand new issue of Sommelier India is out (pictured, here) and has been in circulation since the beginning of the month, packed as usual with interesting features. A large part of …
Features10 Feb 2014
Drink Pink this season – and into the New Year
With more choice available locally, I’m now hooked on pink wine. There’s something about a Rosé. Neither white nor red but ranging in colour from onion skin to salmon to a bright cherry, it’s such …
Features08 Feb 2014
The 7th SulaFest rocks Nashik
Sula, the largest producer of wines in our country has become something of a lodestar for the Indian wine industry. Think wine in India and the first name of recall is Sula. This is due …
Features07 Feb 2014
Sweet Seduction from Austria
Early in the New Year, members of The Sommelier India Tasting Panel met at short notice for a mini tasting of dessert wines from around the world sparked by the fact that I had been …
Features06 Feb 2014
Wine Etiquette, Uncorking Tips and Stemware Style
If you are worried about entertaining at home with wine, here are a few tips to navigate your way through the ritual of pouring, preserving and serving wine properly featured in a recent issue of …
Features11 Jan 2014
Pune Wine Tasting Festival in its 7th year
Since its debut in 2007, the Pune Wine Tasting Festival held in December each year at Rohi Villa Palace, Koregaon Park, has been drawing crowds for its wine tasting experience. In keeping with the tradition, …
Features07 Jan 2014
Make mulled wine your winter drink this year
An evening of winter cheer and bonhomie calls for a warming drink of mulled wine. At home alone, or with a group of friends, what could be more cosy than a warm glass of wine …
Features07 Jan 2014
Bouvet brings French wines and gastronomy to India
What happens when two siblings from France, one a wine expert and the other a chef, arrive in India to present fine wines with French cuisine? A gastronomic treat! Prepared by Marie and Juliette Monmousseau, …
Features03 Jan 2014
Grover Zampa launch Chêne at The Westin Pune Koregaon Park
A blend of Tempranillo, the famous indigenous Spanish red grape, and Syrah, Chêne Grande Reserve, produced from estate grown grapes at their winery in Sanjegaon, near Nashik, is Grover Zampa’s latest offering. It was launched …
Features03 Jan 2014
Dec – Jan Issue of Sommelier India on the Newsstands
It was a Big Splash! And everybody who was anybody was there at the Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai this October for the much awaited launch of Chandon (pronounced “shan-don”). The occasion was a sparkling …
Features01 Jan 2014
Gift your Valentine A Venetian Weekend
Stash those clichéd presents away and think out of the box. Plan to surprise your significant other or a special friend by booking them a course in fine cuisine….on an island in Venice! The courses …
Features30 Dec 2013
Of Molecular Meals and Wine Dreams
Sommelier India speaks to Chef Abhijit Saha of Caperberry and Fava. Chef Saha (pictured, left) has stirred up a culinary blitzkrieg at India’s IT hub, Bangalore. Unlike his contemporaries who dreamt of ruling the kitchen …