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Bottle-by-bottle notes and blind flights from the Sommelier India tasting panel.
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When in doubt between Red or White, reach for a Rosé
The Sommelier India Tasting Panel has done your homework. This Valentine’s Day, treat your loved one to a rosé wine from our selection.The quality of rosé wines has never been better. There is now a …
Great Indian Wine Tasting Results from Sommelier India
SITP’s top three wines of the tasting in the white, red and rosé category were Fratelli Chardonnay, Grover Cabernet Sauvignon and Sula Zinfandel. The surprise of the evening was a new kid on the block, …
What the Tasting Panel Had to Say about Indian Wines
The Great Indian Wine Tasting was the success it was because of the quality of the tasters on the Panel. They gave it credibility along with the professional manner in which the wines were tasted. …
The Great Indian Wine Tasting. Results next week
The much-awaited Great Indian Wine Tasting is finally here. On Sunday, 4 November 2012, the Sommelier India Tasting Panel will meet at the Claridges Hotel, New Delhi, to taste over 35 Indian wines to select …
SI Tasting Panel tastes Chilean wines available in India
SITP meet 30 August 2012: The good news for lovers of Pinot Noir is that they can happily look beyond Burgundy. With Burgundian Pinot Noirs remaining stubbornly expensive in India, the Sommelier India Tasting Panel …
Sommelier India Tasting Panel Wine Dinner
On July 25, 2012, Sommelier India Editor, Reva K. SIngh hosted an exclusive wine dinner at 360°, The Oberoi, New Delhi, for the SI Tasting Panel in lieu of its regular blind wine tastings. The …
Sommelier India tasting panel: Luca & Fratelli
It seems that new wineries are cropping up in India as quickly as Bollywood releases movies, notes SI correspondent, Harshal Shah. And quite often the Sommelier India Tasting Panel receives their offerings to taste and …
SI Panel tastes a selection of Malbecs
Pictured:Harshal Shah, Jonathan MacCalder, Rovina Sabnani, Rukn Luthra and Reva Singh
SI Tasting Panel: Viognier makes a splash
The Sommelier India Tasting Panel tastes a selection of Indian and International Viognier. Left to right: Rukn Luthra, Rovina Sabnani, Harshal Shah, Reva K Singh and visiting SI co-publisher, Shiv Singh. British wine writer and …
Really Gru-vee. Austrian Gruner Veltiner
Sommelier India Tasting panel recommends Austrian Gruner Veltliner white wines available in India. In order of preference, the tasting notes are as follows:
A taste of Chile. Wines to taste
It is such a pleasant surprise to find quite a range of Carménères in India. The best thing about these wines is that apart from being ripe, juicy and well-structured, they are not the most …
Tasting a selection of Indian reds
Given below are tasting notes for each of the wines before the panel. They are listed in order of preference, from highest to lowest: Anakena Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile and a selection of our favourite …