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India’s brandy boom still feels uncool. Liquor cos want to give it a makeoverBrandy, a spirit deeply entrenched in South India's culture and cinema, is now undergoing a national makeover. Despite being India's second...
More Indians need to become tea-totallersA Kolkata tea seller showcases a rare Darjeeling tea. This highlights the unique qualities of Darjeeling tea, often overlooked. Like Champa...
What makes a single bottle of French wine Sell for $812,500? The 1945 DRC mysteryA rare bottle of 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti wine fetched a record-breaking $812,500 at auction. This vintage is highly sought after b...
Indians toast happy hours in Bordeaux, TuscanyVineyard tourism and whisky trails are emerging travel trends among India's affluent tourists, with high demand for curated itineraries to ...
Wine imports rise sharply this fiscalIndia imported $170.48 million worth of wines in this fiscal year from April till October, compared to $35.03 million in the entire financi...
Wine that spent 14 months in space to go under the hammer with $1 mn price tagThe Petrus 2000 is one of 12 bottles sent into space in November 2019 by researchers exploring the potential for extraterrestrial agricultu...
What happens when wine connoisseurs lose their sense of smell or taste due to coronavirusFor some sommeliers, the experience of pleasure and desire without senses is amputated.
It’s wine o’clock: Christie’s announces 3 live auctionsThe global sales will feature over 2500 lots with estimates ranging from $500 to $100,000.
Sky-high price for space-returned wines?Zero gravity may affect their flavour but not their lure for wine connoisseurs.
NCR weekend special: 100 wine labels from 8 countries at the luxe Oberoi in GurgaonThere is reason aplenty to head to the luxury hotel this weekend!
UK-based Amphora Portfolio brings fine wine arm to India, eyes 100 investors in the first yearAs an asset class, this commodity of indulgence has given returns of 40-50 per cent over the past five years.
Amrut Fusion: Bengaluru whisky one of the world's best single maltsThis liquid gold was also the only Indian single malt to make it to the shelves of Harrods’ Whiskies around The World section in October 20...
Fine and Rare Wines collection at Christie's Hong Kong sold 96% by lot, 98% by valueFine and Rare Wines From An Esteemed Connoisseur's Private Collection at Christie's HK totaled HK$62,484,188/US$8,088,484, and was sold 96%...
KRSMA Estates enters into Indian wine marketAccording to a Technopak report, the overall Indian wine market can be estimated at 9.75 lakh cases or Rs 175 crore at wholesale price.
- 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...
Indian wine may soon enter Thai market"The Thai palate is similar to the Indian palate, our wines are well suited to Thai and Indian cuisine," Jagdish Holkar, Chairman of IGPB s...
- Sherry stages a comeback
Starting a dinner with sherry has become a trend among the cognoscenti in this city and if you haven't seen much evidence of it, you'd know...
- In vino veritas: Zampa to take on UB’s Zinzi
Vijay Mallya’s Indian wine business will face a serious competition from his one-time blue-eyed boy Deepak Roy, who famously parted ways a ...
- Wines can tell many a toasty tale
The best wine is one which tells many stories,” said Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin’s.
- Mcdowell buys Taittinger's wine arm
Vijay Mallya-controlled Mcdowell & Company Ltd has acquired Bouvet Ladubay SAS, the wine subsidiary of French champagne major Taittinger fo...