August 2005 Archives

August 23, 2005

The Wine Society Annual General Meeting

The Wine Society of Delhi held its Annual General Meeting on August 21st, 2005. The meeting was followed by a 'wine maker's dinner' with Grover's wines and pairing with Indian food. Grover's Wine Maker Abhay Kawedkar flew in from Bangalore to lead the evening starting with their Rose' and ending with their La Reserve 2004 which has been judged as the best New World Red Wine
for 2004 by Decanter magazine. The event was hosted by The Oberoi in their Ballroom.

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August 02, 2005

What I Drink: Brenda McSweeney

Brenda Gael McSweeney first became acquainted with wine when she spent two years in Paris as a Fulbright Scholar studying at the Political Science Institute. She later embarked on an international career with the United Nations and led the development work of the UN Agencies in India as UN Resident Coordinator and UN Development Programme Resident Representative from 1998 to 2003. Now back in Boston, she enjoys introducing Indian wines to her professor colleagues at Boston and Brandeis Universities.

"One of my all-time favourite wines is Grover's Cabernet Sauvignon, and if I want to go slightly upscale, it's Grover's La Reserve. I served it once to a Frenchman in Delhi, who was a wine connoisseur, and he mistook it for 1990 Bordeaux!

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