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 | Wine lovers can now buy Nine Hills wine in Delhi. Labeled “Nine Hills” after the hills of Nashik from where the grapes come, Seagram formally launched their new quartet of Indian wines in the capital in early July, comprising two whites (a Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc) and two reds (Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz).
At an exclusive walk-around tasting for 75 members of The Wine Society at Dublin at the ITC Maurya hotel, French winemaker Jean-Manual Jacquinot explained his technique and philosophy. |
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| Have you heard of Big Banyan wine? It’s the new Indian wine from Château de Banyan, a division of John Distilleries Limited, Bangalore and the latest venture from the promoters of Kumarakom Lake Resort. On sale in Goa and Bangalore with five varietals of white and red wine, we reckon we’ll be hearing a great deal more about these wines. So keep a look out for them. Priced betwen Rs 400 and Rs 600 depending on varying state tariffs, Big Banyan wines will be available in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh in August to be followed soon in the capital and other metros.
As Indian wines achieve growing recognition in the country, Château de Banyan intends to bring world-class wines to the discerning wine drinker, notes a company press release. |  |
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 | The latest wines to come to my notice are from Luxembourg. The other night I had a deliciously dry and refreshing Riesling followed by an Auxerrois, one of Luxembourg’s most successful grape varieties. The Grand Duchy grows Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Noir, all of which are produced as varietal wines. |
Well chilled and refreshing, the wines were perfect with paté on toast triangles, cubed pineapple, cheese and cherries on toothpicks, and cucumber sticks, not to mention some moist dhokla! Not one person asked for a beer, a nimbu pani or a diet coke. That says something… about the wines and our changing beverage preferences. Pictured above is Moselle Vineyards in Luxembourg.
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Somrus Wines of Australia held a wine tasting on March 14th, 2007 at the Grand Intercontinental, Barakhramba Road, New Delhi. They source wines from McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, King Valley, Goulburn Valley, as well as the Cowra region, in addition to their existing Hunter Valley vineyards.
| Kyndal india has introduced a new wine brand - 30 Latt into the Indian market. The grapes for this wine is sourced from Holkar Estate in Nashik.
But why call the brand 30th Latt? The reason being that historically some of the best wine making grapes have come from 30 degrees latitude or between the 30th and 50th parallels in the northern and southern hemisphere. |  |
The wines are already available in Goa, Chandigarh, Punjab, Pune and Kolkata and are now being introduced in Mumbai and Delhi. The Kyndal wine portfolio currently includes Trinity, Flamingo and now the flagship brand, 30th Latt which contains a Sauvignon Blanc, a Shiraz and a Cabernet Sauvignon. The wines retail at around Rs. 450 depending upon the city you live in.
Sommelier India tasted these wines and felt that their Cabernet Sauvignon showed the most promise with its silkiness and long finish. Try them and let us know what you think.
| Whom did we meet earlier this week? None other than the distinguished and indefatigable Angelo Gaja who was in India on a whirlwind three-city tour of Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. Pictured to the left is Angelo Gaja at the Ca Marcanda vineyards in Tuscany, Italy. |
During the meeting he spoke about his family’s history in wine, the growing profile of Italian wines on the international market, the tension between tradition and modernity and the importance of maintaining both. Ca Marcanda means "endless negotiations" in Italian and that's what he named the vineyard after negotiating with his brothers for it. Gaja wines are imported by Brindco Ltd.
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| Recently, Sommelier India attended a special wine dinner to launch Angove in India. The dinner was hosted by the Hyatt Regency's speciality Indian restaurant. Angove is the 10th largest winery in Australia and the 8th largest Australian wine exporter by volume. In 2006, the company crushed a record of 21,000 tonnes of fruit. The wines are imported by Sanjiv K singh of TT&G Trading.
On the right is Victoria Angove posing with her wines just after the wine dinner. |  |
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Watson Wines Group (WWG) from the Coonawarra region of Australia has for the first time launched four of its wines in Bangalore. These wines - Unwooded Chardonnay and Cabernet Merlot Shiraz under the Coonawarra Premium Vineyards label, and Unwooded Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon under the Gum Bear Coonawarra label - will be marketed by M&C Marketing and priced between Rs 750 and Rs 1,050.
Pio Cesare, one of the finest wineries in Piedmont, was founded in 1881. The winery is recognized for its elegant, big, traditionally styled red wines, and for its more modern, refined whites. Barolo 2002, Barbaresco 2002, and Gavi 2005 are being introduced in Mumbai and Delhi.
 | Nasik produced Miazma, owned by Globus-Wines target the Indian restaurant market in London, Mumbai and Delhi. Launched by entrepreneur Karan Jain, these wines aim to be the perfect match for ethnic Indian food. The wines are being launched in Mumbai in December and in Delhi in early 2007. At launch you'll find a Cabernet Sauvignon, a Shiraz, a Chenin Blanc and a Sauvignon Blanc in their portfolio.
Try them and let us know what you think. Also, don't forget to tell us what food you paired the wines with! |
| Tittarelli Wines have been launched in India by Jagdeep Chowgule of Best Foods & Wine Impex of Goa, a company focused on bringing in the best wines from Argentina into the Indian market. Says Chowgule, “Argentina is renowned worldwide for its great varieties and delicious wines. Thanks to its vast, unique land and exceptional weather, the production of wine has always been one of the most active sectors of Argentina’s economy.
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Warburn Estate from Australia is entering the Indian domestic wine market. Warburn is one of New South Wales' largest wine producers with more than 1000 hectares under vine, a crush capacity of 40,000 tonnes and an annual turnover of $40 million. They are participating in the India Food Exhibition 2006 and will be at the Australian pavalion.
Valladolid (Spain) wines are being launched in a series of events in Delhi on the 11th and 12th of October including one at the Spanish embassy. Watch for more information about these events.
The Valladolid province includes parts of the famous Ribera del Duero wine growing region. The oldest reference to wine in this region is more than 2,000 years old. Wine production in this region was consolidated in the 10th and 11th century and in the 13th century the first underground wine cellars appeared.
Grover Vineyards is today the only domestic wine major not to own a production facility in Maharashtra and that's about to change. By February 2007, Grover Vineyards plans to crush and bottle wine at a hired bottling plant in Maharasthra and will put up its own winery there later in the year.
Why bother doing this? Quite simply because Maharashtra's excise duties are aimed at protecting local producers and push up the prices of wines not produced there. By the end of September, Grover's second line of wines, christened Sante, will be on retail shelves across the country except in Maharasthra. These wines will be 60% cheaper than Grover's existing wines.
But they cannot be sold in Maharashtra at the same price because of the excise duties. This will change once the wines are produced within the state as well. Read more at Business Standard.
UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya on Tuesday said he wants to introduce a new brand of wine called Kingfisher Wine. There is also a move to launch a luxury beer called Kingfisher Ultra.
Revealing this at AGM, Mallya said Kingfisher wine will be launched in six months. "We have the distribution muscle to push this through,' Mallya said.
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 | In an interview with The Statesman newspaper today, Rajeev Samant of Sula Vineyards emphasized that there are two types of wine drinkers - those that are just beginning to drink alcohol and are starting with wine and those who have been whiskey drinkers are and are being encouraged to switch to wine for health reasons. |
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