Grapevine
Editor’s Letter from the Autumn 2023 Issue
As this issue leaves my desk, I’m beginning to think ahead about the next one — the last issue of 2023. The thought gives me pause. So much has happened since I started dreaming about …
Month: August 2023
Columns
Is there an Indian way of tasting wine?
As the Indian wine consumer gains confidence, will our wine terms change, or will they be forever linked to European terms? After my last column for this magazine, a male reader who lives abroad wrote …
Eating Out
Cure, fine Irish cuisine at its best in Singapore
Chef Andrew Walsh draws on his Irish roots to create his own brand of Nua Irish Cuisine at Cure restaurant Most people know Irish cuisine — if at all — as a stout staple of …
Columns
The punctilious and perilous protocols of pairing
Whether it is food and wine you want to pair or Scotch and soda, have no fear and pair with eclectic elan, says Jug Suraiya In Ian Fleming’s From Russia With Love, James Bond twigs …
Global News
Nobu Dubai welcomes Shingo Gokan, bar industry legend
Shingo Gokan, a bar industry legend, was recently at Nobu Dubai demonstrating his skills as a bartender. Gokan’s unique offering included Shibuya with Bombay Sapphire gin, the SG Shochu MUGI, tomato, osmanthus and yuzu, and …
Features
Napa Valley’s Los Carneros Appellation – Pinot Noir Heaven
Mira Advani Honeycutt discovers heavenly Pinots in a slice of traditional Cabernet Sauvignon country California’s Napa Valley is renowned for its world-class Cabernet Sauvignon wines, rivaling those of Bordeaux in quality and price. Cab is …
Features
Indian whiskies to the fore, keep these in your drinks cabinet
Indian single malt whiskies have come into their own winning international awards. Here, Gagan Sharma lists the whiskies to keep in your drinks cabinet If there is a drink to mark India’s progress since independence, …
Features
Bordeaux 2022 A Collectors Vintage. A Personal Story
Namratha Prashanth shares her personal experience of the wines at the 2022 En Primeur tastings in April There was a certain buzz in the air as we entered. We were a team of four tasting …
Columns
The Enduring Power of Pink
Ruma Singh writes persuasively about the growing trend towards rosé wine in India and abroad One summer, several years ago while on holiday in Europe, I wandered into one of the largest supermarkets in Paris …
Columns
Barretage Wine and the Winemaker
V Sanjay Kumar opens a bottle of wine for a special occasion and mulls over the wine as he shares it with his spouse I wanted to open a special bottle, I was in need …
Eating Out
Lupa – The Wolf and the Vine, a Tuscan inspired restaurant
Lupa – Manu Chandra’s Tuscan inspired restaurant in Bangalore is a wine lover’s dream-come-true Ever since its wrought iron gates swung open on 6 February this year, all eyes have been on Manu Chandra’s new …
Columns
Can one enjoy Burgundy wine without the prohibitive price?
Shobha Narayan says readers should not be deterred by the high price of Burgundy wines because there’s much to be enjoyed that won’t break the bank If you tell Indian oenophiles that you are going …
Columns
The wondrous wines of Jura, France
V Sanjay Kumar enjoys exploring the wonders of Jura wines with his friends, introduced to him by his wine guru My wine guru (we all need one) is a crotchety ancient whose eyebrows are knitted …
Events
The Collective Napa Valley program raises funds
The wine fraternity in Napa Valley is known for giving back to the community generously, reports Mira Advani Honeycutt who attended its latest Auction Jean-Charles and Gina Gallo Boisset with Spirits Director Anthony Attanasio Napa …
Eating Out
Sarposh, A Kashmiri Oasis in Bengaluru
What prompted you to set up Sarposh? Kashmir lies literally at the other end of the country from Bengaluru. Popular knowledge about it is superficial and people’s perceptions of the place are coloured by mainstream …
Features
Spring frost – A Burgundian winemaker’s battle
Raymond Blake on winemakers’ battle against dreaded spring frosts in Burgundy – just one of the many nasty curveballs that nature hurls from time to time Puligny-Montrachet. White wine doesn’t get more patrician than this. …
Features
Liquid Gold – Tokaji Aszu dessert wine
Tokaji Aszú is a sweet botrytised wine from northeastern Hungary, prized by connoisseurs around the world. Elizabeth Gabay reports Known as the “king of wines and the wine of kings”, the botrytised sweet, golden wines …