About

rkj-about-meRavi K Joshi owns the wine and spirits blog G2G

Guns 2 Gewurztraminer is a Wine and Spirits blog by Ravi Joshi aka Colonel Joe, a well known beverages lover from India.

A former Army Officer, Ravi answered the calling of his heart around a decade back when he took full time plunge into the world of alcoholic beverages. It helped that Ravi had won the Champagne Scholarship awarded by the London based Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) on the basis of his stellar performance in their Level 2 certification.

But Ravi didn’t just stop at Champagne. He ventured further on a solo voyage to different wine regions of France, working with the winemakers in the fields and wineries. His knowledge of French language (Ravi is DELF A2 Level certified) helped him immensely in getting across to several French winemakers who did not speak or spoke limited English.  Over the next years, Ravi travelled to various other wine regions of the world on invitations from reputed winemakers and beverage trade bodies of the world.  All such practical grooming helped him evolve as a well rounded wine personality and that quest is still on.

It is also noteworthy to mention that apart from his military and beverages credentials, Ravi is also an IT Engineer and a  certified Project Management Professional. His vast repertoire of skill sets equips him rather well with a multidimensional perspective of any issue at hand.

Coming to Guns to Gewurztraminer (G2G in short), the blog’s name is symbolic of Ravi’s transition from handling guns as a military man to wine bottles in his new role. But there’s more to G2G than just symbolism- as can probably be observed from  Ravi’s various writings that have continuously evolved over the years.

Read Ravi Joshi’s inaugural post explaining this transition

Please take some time to explore this passion driven blog where you will find stimulating articles pertaining mostly to wine but also spirits liqueurs and other alcoholic beverages like Sake. The essential element of cuisine makes the blog a holistic endeavour. Though G2G brings you the wine and spirits perspective from India, it’s orientation is international, so you will find a reasonable amount of content that is applicable to the global scenario.

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