In an attempt to encourage grape cultivation and promote the wine industry, the Karnataka government has announced the establishment of two wine parks at Chickaballapur and Bijapur as public-private partnership projects. Business Today has the story.
In separate news, the Business Standard is reporting on United Breweries importing South African wine. Cinemawalla enters the Indian wine market and RNCOS publishes a report on the Indian wine industry.
Indian wines are attracting attention in all quarters and here's another angle in the "Can Indian wines compete internationally?" blog debate. It's an internet clip that you might find interesting. Although I've watched Gary's show and exchanged notes with him, I don't know if I agree with him completely, but listen to what he has to say and tell us what you think.
Wine enthusiasts and people in the business turn to Sommelier India – The Wine Magazine for a variety of reasons and I hope the publication continues to surprise and please you with something of interest for everyone. As you pick up this issue you will notice that it offers a bumper crop.
Like Brian McGuigan who set up a vineyard in the City of London, we want to bring our readers closer to wine, build up their confidence and bring wine to life. On page 10, Sandra Westbrooke describes how Londoners responded to McGuigan Wines vineyard in their midst.
Reva Singh discusses the latest issue which is being printed as we speak. Subscribe today!.
If a perspective in Business Standard is to be believed, Indian wines need to do more to meet international standards. Australian wine technologist and viticulturist Diana Davidson expressed concerns over Indian wine and predicted that wine-makers from China, Argentina, Chile and South Africa could easily wipe out Indian wine from the international market. Do you agree?
So you have a half finished bottle of wine. It’s one of your favourite wines and you’d like to keep it for a couple of days to drink later. Well, now you can.With Sowine, EuroCave’s latest home wine bar, you can keep opened bottles for up to 10 days in good condition.
Sommelier India wishes all its readers a Happy Independence Day for August 15th. If you are wondering how to celebrate it, considering the country has just won an Olympic Gold, here's the scoop. Head Sommelier Stephane Soret at The Imperial, Delhi has received 12 bottles of 1947 Bas-Armagnac from Marc Darroze in France just in time to celebrate Independence day.
An Australian vacation, 17 acres of vineyards in the Nashik valley and Italian wine imported into India under a local label – Vikash Gupta, Director, Vinner Enoteca Pvt. Ltd., tells Avininder Singh how he got into the wine business.
“Wine drinking is at a nascent stage in India. There is a lot of curiosity about it, and at times guests are a bit hesitant to try out wines. A lot of mystery has been created around wines by traditional wineries and wine makers”, says Avijit Chaturvedi, Vice President-Operations, The O Hotel, Pune. Brinda Gill has the story for Sommelier India.
Tucked away on the eighth floor, far away from the buzz of The Leela Kempinski hotel at Sahar, Mumbai, is Stella, an exclusive Italian fine dining restaurant. As you enter the elegant establishment you pass through a wine library which, it is whispered, stocks an incredible 250 labels at any given point of time! writes Suneeta Kanga.
With the Japan Wine Challenge having taken place last month, figuring large on our radar now is the India Wine Challenge which will take place in early December in New Delhi.
The India Wine Challenge is arguably the most professionally run and serious rating of Indian and international wines in India. If you are planning to participate this is the time to gear up for the second edition. Meanwhile, SI correspondent, Brinda Gill reports on the awards received by Champagne Indage.
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Cannes is the most prestigious film festival in the world. And with India's emergence on the global scene, it serves as an important venue for India to project India's best brands in the entertainment sector.This year Grover Vineyards sponsored the Indian Pavilion at the festival. This follows Sula's earlier sponsorship of the India pavilion at the World Economic Forum.
As with exit polls in India, statistics on the Indian wine industry are sometimes a little confusing. Surveys aren't always audited or professionally analyzed by staticians. So the International Wine & Spirit Record 2008 Handbook's launch is greatly welcomed as it sheds needed light on the Indian wine market.
Some numbers from it - Local still wine sales were 770,000 cases while imported still wines reached 210,000 cases. France supplied 39% of this imported volume. The percentage increase in local volume was 54.6% and in imported volume it was 25.1%. You can buy the full report at the IWSR.
The Government of Karnataka has recently notified the rules under which their Wine Policy (announced a year back) is to be implemented. Essentially, while reducing licence fees and liberalising the issue of licences for new wineries and 'Wine Taverns', the state government will increase the import fee on wines from outside Karnataka (made in India) from Rs 10 to Rs 300 per litre. Alok Chandra reports on the import fee.
Recently, the Centre called for an important meeting with the representatives of the European wines and spirits industry to find out what's the exact "discrimination" they are allegedly facing in many Indian states. And in a related significant development, Maharashtra and Goa (two very important liquor markets) have agreed on according national treatment to European wine companies. This means that the EU/US companies would get the same tax treatment as local firms. The Financial Express has the full story.
Three Oberoi hotels have been ranked amongst the six best in the world in Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2008. The Oberoi Rajvilas, Jaipur; The Oberoi Udaivilas, Udaipur and The Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra have been rated 2nd, 4th and 6th respectively. The Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards are acknowledged amongst the most revered rankings in the international travel industry. Mr. P.R.S. Oberoi, Chairman, The Oberoi Group said, “I am delighted and proud of these rankings.
