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Articles by Suneeta Sodhi Kanga

Features

Bigger, Better, and Shinier – The India Wine Awards 2018 Winners & Gala Night Celebration

November 6, 2018 Suneeta Sodhi Kanga

Many a cork was opened with great gusto at The Leela, Mumbai on September 29, 2018. The second edition of the India Wine Awards was bigger, better and shinier! The competition received 353 domestic and …

Tim Triptree
Features

Exclusive Interview – Christie’s Wine Director and new MW, Tim Triptree talks about fine & rare wines

September 21, 2018 Reva K Singh

Promoted earlier this year as International Director, Specialist in the Wine Department, Tim Triptree is in charge of Christie’s activities across Continental Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Tim joined Christie’s Wine Department in 2005 after …

Learn Wine

Don’t Pour Wrong. How to Serve Wine the Right Way

September 20, 2018 Sommelier India Team

Nobody will complain if you serve wine badly at a party but they will think about it for sure. Here are a few guidelines you can follow to make sure the wine you serve is …

Eating Out

The curious history of the Michelin Guide and a Hazelnut Mousseline in an Egg Shell recipe

September 20, 2018 Margaret Rens

Margaret Rens describes the history of the Michelin Guide with a recipe of an appetizer she enjoyed at a Michelin star restaurant in Bordeaux. Not many people know why Michelin is the publisher of a …

Features

Prosecco Paradise. A wine with a sparkling history

September 17, 2018 Alessandra Piubello

All you wanted to know about the sparkling history and origins of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore. By Alessandra Piubello. Venturing into the lush hills that nestle behind the embrace of the Piave River, covered with …

Features

York’s Yaatra – A Wonderful Journey for the Syrah wine

September 16, 2018 Brinda Gill

Yaatra, a 100% only Syrah, was born of a partnership between York Winery and Liam Steevenson MW. Brinda Gill brings us the back-story on how this Shubh Yatra came to be. “For us, this project fulfils many objectives,” …

Tastings

Pinot Noir – Pleasing but petulant. Tasting Panel Results

September 7, 2018 Gagan Sharma

The Sommelier India Tasting Panel recently assessed Pinot Noir wines available in India from around the world. The wines were tasted blind on two separate occasions and rated out of 20 taking the average of …

Events

Don’t miss the One&Only Shake Up this September!

September 7, 2018 Sommelier India Team

International cocktail bars are setting up operations at ultra-luxury resorts in breathtaking locations not too far from India. In partnership with widely acclaimed mixologists from around the world, One&Only has planned a series of pop-ups …

Old Wine
Learn Wine

The Wine Glossary for every Wine Lover

September 4, 2018 Sommelier India Team

AMARONE The most famous dried grape wine in Italy produced from the same grapes and in the same zones as Valpolicella. High-quality grape bunches are dried, often allowing Botrytis to form on the grapes. The grapes …

Global News

New study says alcohol doesn’t have any health benefits for consumers. Do you agree?

August 28, 2018 Shiv Singh

Just when you may have thought that the debate on the health benefits of drinking alcohol had been put to rest, it has flamed up once more. A new study concludes that no amount of …

Features

Wines of Germany, A Rheinhessen Renaissance

August 27, 2018 Ashika Mathews

A new spirit of experimentation has lifted the Rheinhessen region out of the doldrums, with the potential to become one of the jewels in Germany’s vinous crown, writes Ashika Mathews   While the beauty, purity …

Château d’Etroyes
Features

Chateau d’Etroyes: Where Burgundy Meets India

August 15, 2018 Julia Sherstyuk

Fine burgundies, made for 300 years by a single French family, are all set to bring joy to Indian wine lovers. Julia Sherstyuk explains how this delightful circumstance has come about. May 1815. Napoleon, returning to …

The Gaja family pictured in the vineyard
Features

Gaia Gaja, eldest daughter of Italy’s most influential wine producer business

August 15, 2018 Michèle Shah

The Gaja family settled in the region of Piemonte in northwest Italy in the mid- 17th century. Five generations of Gajas have been producing wines in Piemonte’s Langhe hills since 1859, the year Giovanni Gaja, …

Vindigo - Blue Wine
Grapevine

Blue Wine may leave skeptics blue in the face

August 15, 2018 Shiv Singh

The blue wine craze is back with a vengenace. It last reared its ugly head in 2015 when the Spanish wine Gik was launched. Gik was found to have derived its colour from anthocyanin and …

Eating Out

The plate is my playground says Italian Master Chef Vittorio Greco of ITC Hotels Ottimo restaurants

August 14, 2018 Brinda Gill

Vittorio Greco, Italian Master Chef at ITC Hotels, believes that the best way to learn about life and food is to travel “I always try new techniques and constantly experiment to reach my own personal …

Kosha Mangsho Amaranta rendition
Eating Out

Indian Classics – A Slow Revolution in Indian Fine Dining

July 24, 2018 Kaveri Ponnapa

At a recent pop-up by Amaranta, hosted by the Oberoi Bengaluru, Kaveri Ponnapa sampled menus created by Executive Sous Chef Tejas Sovani, and got an insight into the latest ideas and techniquesdriving contemporary Indian fine …

Uma and Krishna Chigurupati of KRSMA Estates
Features

Mistress of Wine, Uma Chigurupati wears many hats with equal poise & grace

July 24, 2018 Shoba Narayan

Shoba Narayan paints an engaging word-portrait of Uma Chigurupati, a woman who wears many hats with equal poise and grace Clad in a chic white shirt and matching pants, Uma Chigurupati stands beside her husband, …

Terroir - Single block bottlings in New Zealand
Columns

When terroir trumps quality, a Jancis Robinson perspective

July 23, 2018 Jancis Robinson

When might a wine producer not want to make the best possible wine? Now. Now particularly. All over the world winemakers are more obsessed than ever with terroir, with the way geography can shape how …

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