Since the early 2000s, India has been hyped as an important emerging market for wine. The country has an optimum climate for grape cultivation and its main wine-producing states, Maharashtra and…
Mira Advani Honeycutt was lucky to have an opportunity to chat with Peter Mondavi Sr shortly before his 101st birthday, revelling in his reminiscences and homespun business philosophy The patriarch of the historic…
December and January, representing the Holiday Season are unusually busy months for me. This is the time of year when my friends and family from around the world descend…
With wondrous wines to drink, top wineries to visit and exciting summer festivals, Somm India correspondent, Michele Shah reveals why Tuscany is one of Italy’s most visited regions Tuscany…
Come April, food and wine professionals from all over the globe will be congregating at the Singapore Expo centre to take part in Food and Hotel Asia 2016 (FHA) and…
Sommelier India readers will remember reading about the Coravin system of preserving wine in the bottle, even after pouring a glass or two without removing the cork, a year or…
Since 130 years Weingut Wegeler Wine Estate has been producing exclusively high-quality Riesling in the most famous vineyards of the Rhine and the Mosel mostly through manual work with…
Well into its ninth edition, Sula’s two-day Gourmet World Music Festival from Feb 6th to 7th proved to be a roaring success. Over 10,000 people who descended on the winery…
So you want to be a wine expert, but don’t have the time to delve into authoritative tomes of the kind Jancis Robinson is renowned for. She is best known for “Wine…
Visiting wine regions is exhilarating, as you walk through vineyards and soak in the beautiful bucolic landscape. But if you don’t have all the information about the region handy, things…
Who will make the first wine in China that seriously challenges the world’s finest? Many a Chinese wine producer has that aim, and I have so far tasted a handful of…
Our cookbook columnist Margaret Rens shares the recipe of classic French onion soup while enlightening us about French onions and the other ingredients that go into making this delicious broth… I cannot imagine…
LOUIS XIII Cognac, one of the most luxurious spirits in the world, announced at a party in London on February 2, 2016, that the original film, starring actor John Malkovich,…
It was a chilly evening early in the new year when the members of the Sommelier India Tasting Panel flocked to a warm and well-stocked library in South Delhi…