Tommaso Cavalli is an Italian winemaker visiting India to launch his boutique wines at Delhi's Shangri-La hotel.He is son of fashion designer Roberto Cavalli. Cavalli senior also contributes a design pattern from one of his annual creations on the wine bottles for each vintage. “The 2006 vintage carries the butterfly pattern from one of Papa’s creations of 2006. It was a dress worn by Cindy Crawford,” Tommaso recalls, holding up the bottle.

With the help of a wine expert friend, he set up an eight hectare vineyard at the estate. His second vineyard is located 30km from the estate, in Florence. “Papa was confident I could manage a wine label even though I never had any formal training in wine-making,” he explains. “I supply the wine for most of Papa’s fashion parties. And he visits restaurants that serve my wine."

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