NRI newsmakers: Meet Zoya Vora-Shah, an Indian entrepreneur shining in Arizona’s viticultureI have been lucky to immigrate to the country via family reunification. Our family waited for nine years in India so that we can have a leg...
29 Jun, 2023, 02.03 PM IST
The Champagne conundrum: Putin’s sparkling wine provocation highlights double standards of the WestPutin’s order to reserve the Russian term for ‘champagne’ for wine produced in the country is seen as provocative.
17 Jul, 2021, 09.43 AM IST
Not caviar or smoked salmon but humble radish is what gives champagne its fizz and finesseChampagne sales collapsed by as much as 80 percent during the lockdown.
13 Jul, 2020, 06.29 PM IST
Raising a toast! English sparkling wines set to woo Indians away from champagneFizzy wines created from grapes outside Champagne are known as sparkling wines.
28 Jan, 2019, 06.29 PM IST
Raising a toast to Dom Perignon, the Benedictine monk who tried to kill bubbles in champagneStill wines from Champagne were popular even before medieval times.
25 Nov, 2018, 11.49 AM IST
Sommeliers want to make dessert wine the new scotch; here are 6 styles to exploreFine dessert wines can be incredibly difficult to make and certain types can only be produced in ideal years.
10 Aug, 2018, 06.05 PM IST
Are you a wine connoisseur? Here are some places you must visit around the worldGo ahead and taste the good life in all its forms.
18 May, 2017, 07.56 AM IST
Holiday guide for newly-weds: France, Cairo & Mauritius can be your ideal honeymoon destinationTaking some time out to know each other in a luxurious destination is what every couple dreams about.
20 Oct, 2016, 11.36 AM IST
Each champagne has a personality that you can match with yours!Champagne in India may as yet be a category defined by its most marketed labels but there are interesting experiments afoot.
10 Jan, 2016, 03.14 AM IST
In Vino VeritasIn Tuscany itself, the wine that is being talked about is from Maremma, an "underdog" region, bordering the Mediterranean coast.
01 Nov, 2015, 01.59 PM IST
Down with rose gold. What should Apple's next phone color be?The New Yorker devotes 1,000 words to a history of the metal alloy, and its implications for our "rose-gilded age. let's help Apple for its...
16 Sep, 2015, 02.26 PM IST
Let passion decide your holiday destinationSeasoned travellers often look for an unusual holiday experience, be it in India or abroad. Here's where you can head this summer.
02 Jul, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
Champagne of WWI auctioned at $5,640A bottle of Pol Roger 1914 Champagne was sold in aid of London’s Imperial War Museum Foundation in the centenary of the outbreak of World W...
30 Oct, 2014, 09.46 AM IST
- Sotheby's London to showcase finest & rarest wine
With a combined estimate in the region of £1.4 million, the auction comprises 783 lots and will also include rare Echezeaux 1978 from Henri...
07 Oct, 2013, 05.09 PM IST
Sotheby's to celebrate Moet & Chandon's 270th anniversaryA Sotheby's sale will celebrate Moet & Chandon's 270th anniversary with an offering of Champagnes which span nearly a century - from 1914 t...
17 Sep, 2013, 05.49 PM IST
- Know your booze!
Experts say eating food before drinking retains alcohol in the system where it is absorbed slowly into the blood stream. This gives the liv...
13 Nov, 2009, 12.21 AM IST
- Irresistible: Tasting creations of Michelin-starred chefs
Tasting the creations of Michelin-starred chefs was pure pleasure.
30 Jul, 2009, 08.51 AM IST