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

When several people from different professions get together, the interest has to be common- and tasting wines could easily be counted amongst the best of these! At a recently concluded event called Bienvenue that I hosted  in association with Eau

Travelling all over France to vineyards in Champagne, Bordeaux, Provence, the Rhone valley and Beaujolais would not have been the same without my French friend Laurent Piaton's indulgence.

Trick or treat? Ask the halloween question to a winemaker and invariably the  response would be ‘Treat’ since there is no better joy than presenting one’s wines for appreciation!  But what do you call a wine treat that is yours

Wines for the Evening Pervasive luxury has to be the norm when a glitzy and glamorous Champagne House does a national level launch of its beauties. We are talking of Cattier- the famous Champagne house, that was recently in news

And literally so! With around 100 wines from 19 Spanish winemakers showcased in the already sizzling Indian capital, it was a rainfall of sorts that made wine professionals and connoisseurs feel the urge to tap-dance between wine bottles and get

A group of Sake producers called “Sake Samurai” was arrived in New Delhi to promote Sake, Japan's national beverage that is brewed from rice and has a rich history dating back more than 2000 years.