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Trip To Querciabella, Italy

Hailing from the Italian region of Chianti, this winery takes the concept of quality wines to the extreme. Querciabella, meaning “beautiful oak tree”, is located high up in the hills where many oak trees grow. Founded in the 70’s by a French wine enthusiast, Giuseppe Castiglioni, it has since been recognized for its superb wines. [...]

Austrian Blaufrankisch Tasting

WEINGUT MUHR-VAN DER NIEPOORT (Spitzeberg). ‘09 Light and lovely, fruity and fresh with a nice grip. The ‘07 is tighter, packed denser. Needs some. The wine takes us back to the nostalgic times when grapes were foot-crushed. Till date, the grapes used to produce this drop are partly crushed by foot & the rest mechanically. [...]

Tasting Austrian Whites

WEINGUT CHRISTIAN REITERER (Western Styria/ Steirmark): Rose from Styria like none other.
WEINGUT TSCHEPPE AM POSSNITZBERG (Leutschach): Morillon maybe Chardonnay but is made differently. Stainless steel and no Malo-lactic. This house does a mean version. Lean at start but builds weight as it goes. Vom Czamillonberrg 08 is a stunner: dried mushrooms, porcini and truffled, some [...]

Old Versus New World Inspiration

Perhaps one of the oldest debates in the world of wines: which is the real style and, more importantly, which is the style taking over palates all over the world. Is it winemaking or is it the vineyard? Grape or region? Megan Fox or Liv Tyler?
Well choices are the only confusion in this world. What [...]

Sud De France Wine Tasting

On a yet another shiny and a sun-bursting fine morning, the Wi-Not team tasted some selected Sud de France (South of France) wines. Here are the tasting notes.
Cremant de Limoux ‘Grande Cuvée 1531’ Sieur d’Arques:

Magan: Nice pale bubbly, an extremely expressive forward mineral-fruity nose. I can smell chalk and I can rarely smell that so the wine [...]

Super Tuscans: Italian Super Hero!!

If Chianti or Brunello are the only wines you have heard of from Tuscany, then grab a wine glass and get discovering.  Take a look at its rather less-heard colleague. Super Tuscans are the hidden gems of Tuscany that once almost replaced Chianti in its slack period.
Super Tuscans comes from the coastal area that lies [...]

Beaujolais: Rising From The South

Burgundy has gifted many world renowned wines from its pouch. However, the region south to it has another star to offer, the Beaujolais wines. These wines have always been the talk of the town for all the right reasons. Its distinctive grapes, unique production process, light wines in this heavy bulky wine style country, and [...]

French Fiesta: Aperitif à la Française, New Delhi

The third Thursday of June every year is celebrated as “Aperitif à la Française” day all around the globe. A French wine and culinary fiesta allows the connoisseurs and amateur lovers to spend some quality time enjoying French products, all in an effort to highlight how French produce is considered one of the most commendable [...]

Reveilo’s New Offering: Italian Bonanza

Nasik based Vintage Wines have been keeping the ‘desi’ wine lovers excited for all the right reasons. Their Italian winemaker, Andrea Valentinuzzi, with his idea of producing un-Indian wine styles is faring well. To this effect, they released their new gems on the 30th April in Mumbai. These Italian varietal wines, Nero d’Avola (red) and [...]

Rendezvous With Mr. Abhay Kewadkar: Winemaker, UB Wines

Abhay Kewadkar the man behind the Four Seasons brand has been around in the Indian wine industry for quite some time, so much so that his association with a product could itself contribute a lot to its commercial success.
I recently caught up with Abhay in the capital where he was present to grace the first [...]

Chianti: Tuscany’s Own Son

The most reputed red wines from the Italian region of Tuscany (Toscana) are the Chiantis (pronounced as ‘Ki-an-ti’). The wine stands for the tradition, elegance, and stature of the region as it has won them more accolades and fame than any other wines. The fame came not only from the wines but also from its [...]

Icewine: A Royalty

If you put the two words, ‘ice’ and ‘wine’ together what strikes you as most odd?  Wine on Ice! Well, if you enjoy it that way, why not!? But digressions aside, Icewines, as opposed to iced wines, are not that controversial a subject. This is a popular style of wine yet seldom talked about, at [...]

Alsace: The French White Wine Gem

Geographically, the region of Alsace has changed hands more often than Kashmir ever will. It’s location has made it victim to many French-German territorial disputes. It was after the First World War that Alsace was declared a part of France. The influence of Germany nevertheless remains heavy to this day here and is visible in [...]

Riesling: Always Impressive

Some count it among their favourites while some simply choose to be distant acquaintances. But treat it as you may, Rieslings remain one of the most impressive wines and yet are regularly pointed out as the one of the most underrated of white varieties. Almost synonyms with Germany and next, Austria, Rieslings remain flourishingly dynamic [...]

Margaret River And Pemberton Wine Introduction At Australian High Commission

As a part of the ‘Utsav!’ project, another wine session was held at the Australian Embassy in the capital. Set-up in an open-air area, the backyard of the high commissioner’s residence was soon crowded with the essential few of the trade, and wine lovers like us. As the evening unveiled, an exciting range of wines [...]