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August 8, 2010

Big Banyan premium wines for hot summer

bigbanyanlaunch.jpgThere are two new premium wines to try this summer. Big Banyan (owned by John Distilleries Limited) has recently launched Rosa Rossa (which means "pink rose" in Italian) and Bellissima (meaning "beautiful"). The first is a Zinfandel Rosé and the latter a Late Harvest Muscat Dessert wine. The launches are timed for the summer. In fact, Rosé was recently declared the official wine of summer according to Bon Appétit magazine.

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July 30, 2010

Antaraa: A New Blend from Good Earth Winery

antaraa1a.jpgGood Earth Winery recently launched a Cabernet-Shiraz blend, Antaraa, to their portfolio of wines. "We wanted to include a red wine to the easy drinking Raga Collection," Girish Mhatre told Sommelier India correspondent, Brinda Gill. Good Earth already has the Concerto Collection comprising the reserve wines, Basso which is a Cabernet Sauvignon and Brio, a Shiraz, while the Raga Collection has Aarohi, a Sauvignon Blanc.

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Wine from the south of France launched in India

fl002a.jpgA recent wine tasting at The Leela Kempinski in Gurgaon, arranged by Gianander Dua, Director De Vine and Hops Marketing, saw the launch of a range of red and white wines from Château St. Jacques d'Albas and Ferrandière Estate in the south of France. Not having been to The Leela for a wine tasting before this event, I was impressed by the wine service and quality of glasses, writes Isheeta Gupta who was present at the Tasting. Unsuitable stemware being one of my pet peeves, it put me in a good mood even before I tasted the wine.
Above: Jacques Gau, Gyanendra Dua and Graham Nutter

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July 2, 2010

Nonino Grappa - Italy's Elixir

grappa 1.jpgElizabetta Nonino, third generation of the Nonino family, was recently in India to launch her family's eponymous grappa and introduce us to this alcoholic by-product of wine. Grappa is an Italian alcohol which is made by distilling pomace, a by-product of the winemaking process. Suneeta Sodhi Kanga has a grip on grappa, in case you are wondering what it is. Left: Elisabetta Nonino, daughter of Giannola Nonino, founder of Orazio Nonino

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May 18, 2010

From Valpolicella, with love

IMG_8456_1c.jpgIn what was one of the most elegant and well put together wine evenings the city of Bangalore has seen, Marilisa Allegrini of Italy's famous Allegrini family introduced a handpicked range of Allegrini wines to the city's wine cognoscenti, writes Ruma Singh. The summer evening, all the more memorable for its lovely serene setting at the Manwaring home on the outskirts of the city, was an exclusive one, co-hosted by Olive Beach's Chef de Cuisine Manu Chandra.

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May 17, 2010

A truly iconic wine from De Bortoli

NOBLE-ONE_red.jpg De Bortoli Noble One Australian Botrytis Semillon is one of the world's best among sweet wines. In 1982 Darren De Bortoli, who had just graduated from Roseworthy Agricultural College, Adelaide, created a path breaking Sauternes-style sweet wine at the family winery in Bilbul in New South Wales from botrytis grapes and called it, 'Noble One'.

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An all new Wine Club in Gurgaon

gwc 1.jpg Recently Gurgaon opened its doors to a new wine club. Promoted by Deepak Jain, Ajay Taneja, Vandanaa Taneja and Ragini Jain, the Gurgaon Wine club was launched in May at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Gurgaon, states a media release. Right: Founders Deepak Jain and Ajay Taneja

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May 4, 2010

India's first temperature-controlled wine warehouse!

wsi warehouse.jpgThis Friday, The Wine Society of India will throw open the doors to its Wine Warehouse, the first of its kind in India. Inspired by the popular warehouses set up by Majestic Wines across the UK (now numbering 150), this temperature-controlled warehouse will showcase wine chosen by a panel of experts, chaired by Steven Spurrier.

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May 2, 2010

Sandrine Garbay of Château d'Yquem

Who better to share a perspective on Chateau d'Yquem and its 2009 than the dynamic cellar master? What makes this opinion even more interesting is that the cellar master is a woman - something quite rare in Bordeaux. Sommelier India was at the En Primeur 2009 and interviewed her while tasting a flight of d'Yquem's.

April 24, 2010

Fine wine finds Lucknow - a city of wine

lucknowpic.gifWe, in the wine industry as part of our daily rituals in prayer and salutation to the gods of excise and customs, say a word of thanks to the slowly developing core of wine drinkers who, along with our tireless attitudes and optimistic energies, help propel this industry forward to the dizzy heights we know it can achieve. Cleve Washington, both surprised and gratified, reports on the launch of the FWM Club in Lucknow.

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March 18, 2010

Culinary mysteries romanced by gorgeous Grover wines

Nawab Saheb.jpgThe fine dining Indian restaurant, Nawab Saheb, at the Renaissance Mumbai Hotel and Convention Center celebrated the month of love in a very unique manner with the Kamasutra Food Festival, writes Suneeta Sodhi Kanga. From 14th to 21st February, Chef Bhairav Singh, Master Indian Chef created the choicest, authentic Indian food preparations inspired by the ancient texts. Adding to the romance were heady wines from the Nandi hills. Right: Nawab Saheb restaurant

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Fine Italian Wines from Dal Cero, a Pune tasting

Dal Cero"As we are five cousins, of the third generation of the Dal Cero family, involved with wine production at our family winery, we are sure about the quality of our wines", said Francesca Dal Cero, Export Manager, Dal Cero F.lli Società Agricola, at an informal and enjoyable wine tasting evening on 4th March 2010 at Taj Blue Diamond, Pune, writes Brinda Gill.
Right: Nico Dal Cero, Sneha Chavan (Kiara Wines), Sandip Mukherjee (General Manager, Taj Blue Diamond Hotel), Francesca Dal Cero, Ravish Ahuja (Kiara Wines), and Shonal and Sajjid Chinoy.

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March 4, 2010

A Sunday by the pool in Andheri

FineWinesnMoreSo here we all were. Gathered by the pool at "The Club", that veritable private oasis in the midst of the cacophony of sight and sound of downtown Andheri. The wine brains trust of Mumbai town, were gathered on this particular Sunday in celebration of what else but Vino, Wein Vin..Wine!! What other reason is there to get out of bed on a Sunday?? A visitor's report.

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February 19, 2010

Two in the Bush or a Bird in Hand? An Aussie view

Sumedh Singh Mandla, Jackie Mattai , Suneeta Sodhi Kanga and Justine Nugents.jpgIn 1997, an unassuming young viticulturalist and winemaker, Andrew Nugent, chanced his arm in the emerging wine region of the Adelaide Hills and planted vineyards and an olive grove on 100 acres in Woodside, Australia. Andrew dreamed of becoming a wine maker since his school days. Today "Bird in Hand" is the largest privately owned Wine group of Australia and has innumerable awards to its credit.
Right: Sumedh Singh Mandla, Jackie Mattai, Suneeta Sodhi Kanga and Justine Nugent

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February 17, 2010

Raising the Bar at The Tasting Room, Mumbai

The Tasting RoomInteresting conversation and commendable Australian wines come together at The Tasting Room in Mumbai on 11 February 2010. De Bortoli Wines from the Yarra Valley, in the country since four years now, organized the tasting in collaboration with FineWinesnMore. Vivacious Nikki Palun, Marketing & Trade Manager for Asia Pacific from De Bortoli Wines tells Naina Hiranandani what makes her wines so special.
Pictured left: Senior VP FineWinesnMore, Craig Wedge, CEO FineWinesnMore, Dharti Desai and Nikki Palun

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