The Sicilian Master classes on wine conducted by Subhash Arora and Michele Shah in the presence of the producers who came with the delegation organised by the Sicilian Regional Institute of Vines and Wines in four Indian cities were so successful and appreciated by everyone that they have decided to visit India again on January 21-24 with top ...

Sula, which has a 70 percent share of India’s wine market, is using the vineyard visits to this end. The company says 600 to 700 day-trippers or resort guests drop by each weekend for a tour, a meal or a drink on the balcony bar. The mixed clientele on a recent Saturday suggested that wine’s appeal is broadening: motorbikes as well as BMWs filled ...

Jagdish Holkar, chairman of the board, said, "Our first board meeting with the government departments on wine legislation was held on Friday. The discussions were held on product definition, quality standards, standard label and standard practices. It was also decided to take the wine industry into confidence and invite suggestions from them. ...

Cecilia Oldne, the head of international business and the global brand ambassador of Sula Vineyards, says “consistency can make India a leading wine producer.” Oldne, in her five years with the company has taken its products to 20 countries, 10 more than when she came on board. Over the years, Sula has pioneered many classic grape varietals in ...

Even as wine making is still to be legalized by the state government, the 'Scotland of East' has been raising a yearly toast every winter for a decade now. "People know about the local rice-based brew called 'Ka Kiad' in Khasi, but few are aware of wine being made of rice," said Derby Shullai, whose rice-wine was a major ...

In Bangkok at the Indian dinner at a Conference on Indian Writers in English, a fabulous insight was shared by a very sophisticated Thai academic who’s a Sanskrit scholar and world traveller and also very knowledgeable about wine. Sipping a glass of our homegrown red, he said, “Indian wine reminds me of South African wine, it’s the same soil.” I ...

The founder and editor of the country's leading wine magazine Sommelier India is a woman. Reva Singh saw an opportunity back in 2004 'when India had no wine culture', as she puts it, but today she has about 20,000 regular readers, and subscribers in such 'second tier' cities as Allahabad and Shillong. Even the prime whisky ...

Into a very niche profession of a sommelier or a wine taster, Sovna Puri is at present the marketing head of tasting and training at Sula Vineyards. She is also working as an educator of wines and conducts courses run by UK-based WSET, in Mumbai. Puri finds a certain curiosity factor around this drink in India. "Wine lovers are eager to know ...

All Things Nice, the Indian Wine Consumer's Choice Awards 2012 (IWCCA) was held on Nov. 10 at ITC Grand Central in Mumbai. Godrej Nature's Basket was also a partner for the IWCCA. As part of the partnership they allocated a shelf showcasing the winning wines for a month at all their outlets pan India. Commenting on the event, Mohit ...

Nagpur Wine Lovers' Club is organizing a home made wine making competition to promote wine culture in the city. "There are several families of the city, most of them Parsis and Christians, who have been making wine at their homes since ages. The aim of the competition is to bring the wine enthusiasts at the same platform," said ...