India is an upcoming wine market; not a day goes by without hearing about just how many countries want to export wine to us and how, next to China, we are their only hope of sending their kids to school. And we too wear these feathers with (false) pride, for in spite of the high… Continue reading From Bordeaux to Burgundy via Spain & Scotland
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KRSMA Wines: The Jewel from Hampi, India
I would like to prize myself on having some superpower but, short of the ability to fly or to run through walls, I do reserve a small amount of vanity in reassuringly believing that I can make certain predictions about the future. I may not give the best of soothsayers a run for their money,… Continue reading KRSMA Wines: The Jewel from Hampi, India
What’s in a name (…or label)?
What is indeed in a name, for that we call a rose, by any other name would still get a sexual harassment case slapped on us. In short, it’s a dog lick dog world out there and… wait, sorry, wrong testimony. So, back to wines and labels…
Douro Boys, Douro, & the Wines, Portugal Jan 2012
Portugal is a country that, to us has connections with Goa. They made some beautiful churches, and supposedly left behind certain traditions, including one around the Port wine. For a history of Port refer to another blog, or just view it somewhere online, but suffice to say that while Port was a wine destined for… Continue reading Douro Boys, Douro, & the Wines, Portugal Jan 2012
Up Jacob’s Creek with a Paddle
I love Australia. I love their accent, their sense of humour, their beautiful country, the lovely wines…in fact, the only thing I feel I am not too particularly fond of is that it is worlds away from where I stay. But, that apart, they are one of the most affable lot around. Sure they can… Continue reading Up Jacob’s Creek with a Paddle
Jacob’s Creek St Hugo Vertical Tasting
Coonawarra is a town with a population of 30 people, give or take a few. When we landed there on this remote air strip, we immediately swelled the population by a factor of three! Even with the neighbouring towns, the number of people can’t exceed 5000, (and yet, they had this superb restaurant, Fodder, which… Continue reading Jacob’s Creek St Hugo Vertical Tasting
Indian Food and Wine: London Case Files
When Indians settled down in the UK in the late 50s, they unknowingly ended up planting something in their adopted land that was far stronger than their rich culture – a taste for richer spices. For a long time Indian food in the UK was synonymous with pub grub and after-dinner binge eating with chilli-slapped… Continue reading Indian Food and Wine: London Case Files
An Austrian Adventure
You know you have become a wine sissy when you refer to a series of tastings as an adventure. You then sadly realise that you will never be able to brave the outback alone or accompanied and a vineyard will be all the wilderness your faint heart can manage. Pity, but on the flipside, you… Continue reading An Austrian Adventure
Wine Retail in India
It is very deplorable the way our liquor vends are so ineffectively called “wine shops”. You would sooner call my hair style an afro rather than refer to these caged holes-in-the-wall establishments, wine shops. Walk into any one across the country (barring a few cities) and chances are you will find that wine occupies the… Continue reading Wine Retail in India
A Wild ‘Wild’ Rosé
Blauer Wildbacher (BW) (blo-er wield-baa-kher) is a very peculiar grape that is found only in the southern part of Austria called Styria. This happens to be the smallest wine region of Austria with 550Ha of vines. That is even lesser than the 700Ha vine region around the capital of Vienna, which incidentally, is the only… Continue reading A Wild ‘Wild’ Rosé