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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. |
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| 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. | 
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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. | 
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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. |  |
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| 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. |
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 | You may remember reading about this haven of peace and beauty in the pages of SI – The Wine Magazine (Sept/Oct 2008). Well, Kumarakom Lake Resort is in the news again. This time because it has been named India’s Leading Resort in 2008, for the third time in a row by the organisers of the World Travel Awards at a ceremony held in Shanghai last month. |
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The Indian Institute of Vine and Wine at Narayangaon is tentatively slated to begin its operations in July 2009, reports Brinda Gill. The institute, India’s first wine institute and a non-profit making venture, is being set up on a 60-acre site by Champagne Indage, 80 kms north of Pune, where the company has its sprawling vineyards and winery – the largest wine production facility in India.
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The Centre has finalised the setting up of the National Wine Board (NWB) at Pune. This has been much discussed in the press and its finally happened now. The Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MFPI) will be its administrative ministry and has defined its mandate.
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Did you know about Santé, the specialty wine store? It's already here! For decades, the Indian ‘Wine Shop’ was anything but, stocking hard liquor and strong beer, but hardly any wine. Now that’s changing – and our friends at Sula tell us that SANTÉ, has opened at 8 locations across Maharashtra already, with plans for another 20 stores by year-end. Its air-conditioned and with a wide selection and tasting notes for each wine.
| It was the perfect ambience for tasting some of the best from Kiwi country – the candlelit setting and moonlight at Bangalore's Olive Beach was just perfect to offset the delightfully light, fruity New Zealand sauvignon blancs being launched by New Zealand exporters Index represented by Tina Thomas and Jennifer Woods. The wines are being imported via United Vintners Ltd and will be available in India very soon. Ruma Singh reports |  |
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| Wine enthusiasts had the opportunity to drink Nine Hills wine and chat with winemaker Jean-Paul Jacquinot (Read his interview, "I was born in a barrel", SI-The Wine Magazine, March/April 2008) at dinners held in Mumbai, Delhi and Gurgaon. Suneeta Sodhi Kanga reports from Mumbai. Flamboyante was not overly dressed up for the wine tasting. In fact, the Arcade in Mumbai’s World Trade seemed decidedly small. |
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 | The Rotarians Wine Fellowship of India, held a Winemaker's dinner with Bouvet Ladubay on June 6, 2008. Guests arrived to the Bouvet Brut Rosè, a salmon pink sparkling wine with notes of red-currants and peach, complimented by oak smoked chicken Bruchettes and marinated tomato and feta cheese crisps. RWFI members have been discovering Rosès over the last few events, and have voted it as their favourite wine style. |
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| Wine sales in Bangalore have been somewhat dull of late, what with the April heat and mid-year holidays having taken lots of consumers away from the city, as also state elections in May that kept watering holes closed for five full days apart from placing various restrictions on supplies. Alok Chandra reports. |  |
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 | Neal and Judy Ibbotson, the owners of the New Zealand Saint Clair Family Estate, visited India last month and spent time meeting key customers and developing a closer understanding of the market. Saint Clair is one of New Zealand’s largest family-owned wineries and is recognised as New Zealand’s leading producer of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. |
The wines are available at JW Marriott, Hyatt Regency, Four Seasons and the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. They are imported by the Wine Park.
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