German Wines & India
The emergence of BRIC (a term coined exactly 10 years ago) has been a much-needed rip-curl amidst receding financial currents, providingnew, alternative markets for most major industries to sustain and expand. In the aftermath of this near-global financial meltdown, traditional wine-producerstoo (like Germany) are out meeting new clients in new cultures. While China has maximum suitors, many a country/producer dilly-dallies about whom to court next. Specifically with regards to German wine expor ...
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Of Change, Luxury and Liquor
The person who said that the only thing constant is change perhaps today lies somewhere, tired of having ever been so right. If it weren’t for change, the history channel could well be the daily news. Sure it takes the whole joy out of spontaneity but events would have been a lot easier to chronologically remember.Maybe I am ranting, maybe I am making sense, who knows. All I know is that this too is temporary and will soon pass. So, if you care for the rants of a slightly off-the-centre lo ...
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A Glass of Fun at Hakkasan
I am writing this piece from London where I happen to have been parked for a few days with little prospect of work or any form of planned leisure. I am, as many of the stoics would say, wasting my time frivolously. I would disagree but that would distract me, even if momentarily so, and when I am wasting my own time I do not wish to be distracted.But I do make time for wine and food. So when the team at Hakkasan invited me to come and taste wines with them and then to pair it with food, it was a ...
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The Year That Was
Wine as the Panacea Heavy drinking has always been associated with fetal alcohol syndromes, but with wine here is a deviation from the norm. Wine has turned out to be a magic potion against almost all ailments. Be it about retaining the youthful glow of your skin, preventing weight gain or increasing the memory, wine is the key. Adding more edge to the cure-all factor of wine, British researchers have discovered that not only pregnant women can safely drink a couple of glasses of wine per week, ...
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Wine – Cracking the Code
Around the world, wines – talking about them or drinking them - have been regarded as a sure sign of the good life; a mark of the original savant with all the polish, patina and play of a grand piano.
While I may, after some cajoling, consent to being a regular city slicker, I do maintain that wines and the likes, induce in me a certain savoir-faire, which is neither artificial nor stolen. And I seem to emerge a better person. The point is that, all art, which we live through our ...
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The Art of Food and Wine
The famous British wine critic Michael Broadbent said, “Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures.” Accompanying wine with food has been a traditional culinary experience. Local food and different types of wine in a region have been an integral factor in the evolution of local cuisine. History resorted to the classic wine and food combination, red wine for meat and white wine for fish and chicken. Recent years paint a very different p ...
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Spread the Good Cheer This Diwali
The most awaited Indian festival Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights falls on the first week of November. As the name suggests, this festival involves lighting small lamps known as ‘Diyas’ or ‘Deep’. Diwali celebrates the return of Lord Rama to his kingdom Ayodhya, after the triumphant defeat of the demon king Ravana. The festival signifies the victory of good over evil.
Diwali is a magical festival at the heart of which lies spreading joy and good wishes. The f ...
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Through the vineyards
I normally hate doing pieces where some jammy bugger got to voyage through the most expensive farmlands, got to see, smell and sip some abominably expensive wine and then when he came back and wrote an article about the good times he had had, he actually got paid for it!
Yes, Bill Gates was right, “Life isn’t fair, deal with it…”
So, in all unfairness I am going to talk about a recent visit to wine country. But let me give you a bit of a background first ...
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Swirl, Sip and Savor Paradise
How often do you drag yourself home tired with a stiff neck and knotted shoulders? The only sign of redemption is either the couch or the television. All of us have tried numerous techniques and tactics to unwind. Music, sitcoms, magazines, news, painting, yoga, cooking - the list is endless. Salvation after a hard day’s work is now closer to you than you think. It comes inside a long, beautifully crafted, slender, semi-transparent bottle. Wine is the perfect partner in your endeavour to k ...
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The Joy of Drinking Wine in Youngistan
This is not an attempt to encourage underage drinking, never mind the oddity that even adults by universal standards would not qualify for legal consumption in our country. I will not risk arrest or moral control by stating that Indians below respective state-decided permissible drinking ages actively and openly consume alcohol in our country. I am too naive to do such. But in the same breath I will admit that to consider such naivety would not be far from the kind of vulgarity that allows us to ...
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