How important is ambience for  wine enjoyment? Does a change of place affect the wine experience you have? While it is no secret that a setting for wine appreciation should be devoid of any strong odours, coloured lights et al,

Guillaume Deglise has his hands full. The recently appointed (Sep 2013) CEO of Vinexpo is actively helming two expositions this year- one in Hong Kong (Vinexpo Asia Pacific from 27-29 May ) and the other  in Japan (Vinexpo Nippon in

The massive Sake wallat Akira Back restaurant, JW Marriott New Delhi Revisiting something you love is always a burning desire, and so I felt when  invited for an exclusive Sake tasting at the chic Akira Back Japanese restaurant at hotel

Chilling out- Nature style Wine tasting in the lap of Himalayas? It probably doesn’t get fresher than that! I started the  Year 2014 on a work cum pleasure trip to the sleepy hamlet of  Bhatelia, a couple of kilometers ahead

A "women only" wine appreciation session, Diva’s date with Wine saw the participation of women from many walks of life- from Corporate Honchos to  an Artist, a Curator, a Tarot expert, a Doctor and many more...

A visit to Bordeaux invariably implies venturing deep inside vineyard territory, getting a close view of the vines, and of course the opportunity to taste umpteen wines. But amid all the vineyard fervour one tends to overlook the latent beauty

Get to know James Bond's Champagne- based on our first hand experience with Maison Bollinger.

The popular Irish proverb at the title conveys how passionate the Irish are towards their whiskey. In fact the passion towards  respective native distillates extends to other major whiskey producing nations, so much so, that we have different ways to

With yet another harvest season commencing in the vineyards of Europe it's nostalgia time for me, with memories of the last year's harvest   in the picture perfect vineyards of Beaujolais. The region has such cult status that it needs no

Beauty lies in the eye of beholder and so every individual has  personal preferences. Maybe this is the reason some people prefer a wine that is complex and long lived, while others go for  an easy drinking  version that could