News, notes and gossip from the world of wine, reported from Nashik, Bengaluru, and beyond.
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A sixteen-seat restaurant in the Himalayan foothills has taken first place in Condé Nast Traveller India’s 2026 restaurant awards. NAAR, near Kasauli, leads the newly announced list, followed by The Table and Papa’s in Mumbai. …
Three names familiar to lovers of Italian wine sit at the centre of a remarkable theft in Tuscany. Approximately 30,000 bottles of Solaia, Tignanello and Guado al Tasso, valued at €5 million, were stolen from …
A bottle of mature Bordeaux carries two histories. One belongs to the vineyard and the vintage; the other concerns everything that happened after the wine was bottled. At Château Haut-Brion’s recent Sotheby’s auction in Paris, …
For Indian drinks enthusiasts, the premium shelf is becoming a more interesting place to browse. Alongside established international names, homegrown single malts and craft gins are developing their own identities and ambitions. A Financial Express …
Champagne has just completed the earliest harvest in its recorded history, capping an extraordinary growing season that tested almost every assumption about viticulture in the region. The first grapes were picked on 6 August, harvesting …
Labor Day gave the American wine business a useful late-summer lift, but the celebration was brief. Wine sales in the off-premise channels monitored by NielsenIQ reached $376.5 million in the latest measured week, an increase …
The India–UK trade agreement is the week’s strongest India story because its effects will eventually reach the consumer’s glass. Import duty on Scotch whisky and gin has fallen from 150% to 75%, with a scheduled …
A timely examination of premium Provence rosé challenges the notion that the region produces only pale, uncomplicated wines intended for a single summer. Behind the vast commercial category lies an older tradition of structured, gastronomic …
The opening of Château de Cîteaux places a serious new hotel directly inside one of Burgundy’s most desirable wine villages. The Fontenille Collection property occupies an elegant château in Meursault, layered above Cistercian cellars dating …
Goa’s newest restaurant and bar openings suggest a more mature hospitality culture emerging beyond the familiar beach-club formula. New concepts range from chef Kunal Kapur’s Pincode Bungalow in a restored Portuguese house to intimate cocktail …
Half a century after the Judgement of Paris transformed perceptions of American wine, one of the tasting’s most consequential bottles has set a new auction record. A bottle of 1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars S.L.V. …
India’s wine industry is struggling to convert promise into sustained growth. On a recent earnings call, Sula Vineyards CEO Rajeev Samant acknowledged flat revenues, a pattern that has held for several years. Other domestic players …