If you are looking for an authentic Asian meal paired with wine, especially when transiting at Mumbai's international airport, you could opt to dine at Pan Asian, at the ITC Maratha hotel located just outside the airport, suggests Brinda Gill. Executive Chef Liang Xiao Qing brings 30 years of culinary experience and young Australian sommelier, Amy Gutherie contributes her knowledge of wines to provide guests an enjoyable dining experience.

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Indage Vintners Ltd has introduced a range of value-for-money wines to offer wine drinkers a choice of wines at a time of economic downturn, reports Brinda Gill. The new wines produced at the Indage winery at Narayangaon are being marketed under the brands South Bay, Silverton, Blue Elephant, Mojo and Trio. They are priced between Rs. 100 and 400.

It's a match made in 'green' heaven, and one that will also please lovers of Bordeaux Saint Emilion wines. Two big names in the French wine world have collaborated to make a special Saint Emilion Grand Cru entirely from organic grapes and utilizing the latest 'gentle' winemaking techniques. Ruma Singh reports.

Most people cringe at the mention of plane food, with good reason. Luckily, if you're departing from the ultra modern Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport, we've got some good news, says Lindsay Groves . Celeb chef Gordon Ramsay has a restaurant under the rather unimaginative moniker, 'Plane Food' on the upper floor (post security).

At a special reception held at the French Embassy on April 30, 2009, Jérôme Bonnafont, Ambassador of France to India decorated Kanwal Grover owner of Grover Vineyards Ltd and his son, Kapil Grover, with the title of Officier du Mérite Agricole and Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite, respectively. Both men have been indian wine pioneers. The Art Collection series was also launched which includes artists on Indian wine labels for the first time.

"Though the wines of Bordeaux are world famous, I feel many wines of small wineries in southwest France produce good wines and offer good value," says Nathalie Turcon, Managing Director, A Drop of Wine. Vineyards in southwest France trace their origins to ancient times and owe their beginnings to the Romans who planted vines in the area writes Brinda Gill from Pune where the wines were launched.

FineWinesnMore organised a four-course dinner at the Hotel Leela Kempinski, Mumbai where fine wines from Germany, with special emphasis on the Rieslings, were paired with fine Indian cuisine at the Jamavar speciality restaurant. Sonal Holland reports.

Louis Henry Denis Jadot founded Maison Louis Jadot in 1859. But even before then, the story of Maison Jadot had its roots in the vineyards, with the Jadot family's purchase of the Clos des Ursules, a Beaune Premier Cru, in 1826. Pierre-Henry Gagey, the President of Maison Louis Jadot, comes from a long tradition of wine himself. His family, on both sides, has been in the wine business for 200 years. Gagey runs Jadot with a team of 70 people. He was in Delhi recently when he spoke to Sommelier India editor, Reva Singh about the House of Louis Jadot.

Calcutta Wine Club was set up on 16th July 2008 with 12 founder members from diverse walks of life. They were a mixed group, constituting people from the hospitality sector and liquour industry, media and marketing professionals, a film maker and a professional tea-taster - the common link being a genuine interest and passion for wine.

What a transformation! First there was the Kandahar, a cavernous Indian speciality restaurant that served its purpose in its time but now there is The Oberoi Patisserie and Delicatessen here in Delhi. Approached by a light, translucent staircase at the lower ground floor, with over 4,000 sq ft of Bottochino marble and teak, the Deli is a delight for the senses.