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As the Indians increasingly embrace to enjoy wine, the wine companies get ready to roll out newer events to introduce the niceties of this mystical drink to consumers. I was particularly excited to have received an invitation to attend a “Wine in Food” event organized by Seagram’s Nine Hills Wine…
One of the most common phrases that I have heard is ‘Like Father, Like Son’. This may be an example of male chauvinism. Women have done so much better in most fields, and my meeting with Juliette & Marie Monmousseau is just a case in point. Daughters of Patrice Monmousseau, Managing Director of B…
Wine enthusiasts are still few in India and it is not surprising to see the current low penetration and volumes of wine. One of the key factors that have constrained wine growth is the heavy taxes that are levied in India. One institution that has done well to popularize wine is Delhi Wine Club,…
It was a sheer coincidence that I met Vikram Achanta, Founder of Tulleeho, at a wine launch event being hosted at US Embassy. We were meeting after almost half a decade and next few minutes we ended up discussing about the growing importance of wine knowledge in the social circuit. It is as impor…
Read if you really want to know what a foodie magnum opus should look (and Taste) like! Following the previous post from Pawan on the Chilean Wine and Food Fest at Lalit Delhi, the appetite was quite piqued and moreover when ProChile sent us the menu for the event a few days before the event.…
Chennai, October 29, 2013: Splenda, the no-calorie sweetener from the house of Johnson & Johnson, organised a tea-tasting session at the Hyatt Regency, Chennai. The session was anchored by eminent Tea Sommelier Mr. Sriram N, for a select audience of journalists and food-bloggers. We were first tr…
I don’t often get invites that reads ‘Ambassador Nancy J. Powell of the United States of America requests the pleasure of the company of Pawan Soni’ and I read it umpteen times in disbelief. This was an invite for the launch of Napa Valley wines Beringer and Stag’s Leap in India. No point telling…
Oktoberfest always conjures up images of clinking beer mugs and sausages being gobbled by the dozens. This coupled with the kind of (not so nice!) crowds Bangalore’s Oktoberfest tends to attract has kept me away from the celebrations year after year. But, the invite from Sheraton held promises of…
As always I reach in time for the event. Only that this time I am shocked and surprised. The Delhi crowd that can come up with various excuses on the fly to be late are all gathered at grand ball room at Lalit Hotel in time for a Chilean wine and food event organised by…
It is impossible to refuse an invitation to anything new from Indian Accent’s Chef Manish Mehrotra. And if is an opportunity to also sample some of the much talked about Nordic cuisine from a Michelin starrer Chef Samuli Wirgentus of Postres restaurant at Helsinki, it gets even better. So here we…
At a press conference, Mr Yasuhisa Kawamura, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Japanese Embassy addressed the invited members of the press and VIP members of the embassy staff, introducing the festival and its activities. He informed us that the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestr…
Australian High Commission, buoyed by the success of Masterchef Australia in India, has flown in two acclaimed Australian chefs, Mark Best (Sydney) and Ian Curley (Melbourne). Along with Executive Chef Vikram Khatri of Olive bar and kitchen they worked out a three course menu for which I am invit…
