Wines

Sula Vineyards sets price band at Rs 340-357 per share for IPO

The public issue will be entirely an offer for sale (OFS) aggregating to 26,900,532 equity shares by the promoter, investors and other shareholders

300 liquor stores, 4 microbreweries: Host of changes for tipplers in Delhi

Delhi is set to return to the old liquor excise policy regime, which includes opening 300 new liquor shops, and four microbreweries in the city

Art, jewellery, cars, stocks, real estate: Where do the ultra-rich invest?

According to Knight Frank report, art emerged as the top investment avenue

Maharashtra government allows wine shelves in stores, supermarkets

Maharashtra is the largest producer of wines in the country with annual production of 17 million liters

Two Muzaffarnagar distilleries produce 11.08 cr litre wine since Apr 2020

Two distilleries - Mansurpur and Triveni Alco - have produced 11.08 crore litre of wine since April 2020, and the Uttar Pradesh government received Rs 2,826 crore in revenue from them

LVMH's Moët Hennessy teams up with Campari in wines, spirits e-commerce

LVMH's Moët Hennessy and Italy's Campari have agreed to team up to invest in wines and spirits e-commerce companies and create a European ecommerce player in sector

Wines as expensive as luxury cars at Christie's sale of fine, rare spirits

The selection spans over 240 years, from a bottle of Madeira 1775 to Bordeaux 2015, says Edwin Vos, the international head of fine wines at the British auction house.

The best of Indian wines

The quality (and price) of wines made in India improves/increases each year and there's no question that our best wines are today much better than most imported wines priced at the same level.

A long, dry summer

A silver lining in the dark clouds of this 10-week lockdown and the attendant downturn in the economy is the possibility that online ordering and home deliveries of at least wines will continue.

Wine online

It's high time that all state excise authorities considered permitting home delivery of (at least) wines.

Zooming in on lessons

The Daily Dose Red 2016 from Wine Park is a 100 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon that uses organic grapes from a single vineyard in Solapur, Maharashtra

Wines over the last decade

Wine consumption in India grew at a steady 12-15 per cent annually this past decade to reach an estimated 4.5 million cases in 2019-20

An expensive venture

Krsma Syrah Hampi Hills 2016 has lush and opulent flavours of ripe blackberries, dried black currant, and mocha on the palate, with a characteristic lingering black pepper spice note

And the best Indian wine is...

Indian wines are getting better all the time, says the author

Wines and myths

SDU Reserva Syrah 2015, adjudged the Best Indian Red at the 2017 India Wine Challenge, is aromatic and full-bodied with soft tannins and a good finish

Barolo: The king of wines

The winemaking area of Piedmont ("at the foot of the mountains") is located around the towns of Asti and Alba

Band of brothers

The wine itself (a classic Bordeaux blend) is a very dark red, with complex aromas of red fruits and notes of wood and oak

After midnight

There seem to be fewer God-themed wine labels

Speciality wines

A variant of botrytised wines is the Tokaji Eszencia, made from wine grapes in Hungary

Microlist that will make life easy for wine lovers to pick their best drink

Last year, for the first time, the annual World of Fine Wine restaurant wine list awards included a category of "micro" lists