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Bottle-by-bottle notes and blind flights from the Sommelier India tasting panel.

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What the Tasting Panel Had to Say about Indian Wines
Tastings11 Nov 2012

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
Tastings04 Nov 2012

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
Tastings14 Sep 2012

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
Tastings30 Jul 2012

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
Tastings01 Jan 2011

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 Tasting Panel: Viognier makes a splash
Tastings10 Jul 2010

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
Tastings25 May 2010

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
Tastings25 Apr 2010

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
Tastings25 Mar 2010

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 …

Pink is for pleasure. Rosé make a comeback
Tastings25 Feb 2010

Pink is for pleasure. Rosé make a comeback

The Sommelier India Panel tastes a selection of Rosé wines (Right: Empty bottles of rosé after the Tasting) You heard it first from Sommelier India: rosé is making a comeback and will be the wine …

Racy,grassy and limey. Sauvignon Blanc
Tastings25 Jan 2010

Racy,grassy and limey. Sauvignon Blanc

The Sommelier India Panel tastes Sauvignon Blanc wines from New Zealand (Right: Zesty, aromatic and dry: New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs tasted by the SI Panel)