Wine clubs today are like termites, coming up in the country out of the wood work, spreading almost like a crop of infected mushrooms. But sadly not all of them are so utterly hallucinogenic. Recently another one made its footprint appear and time will show how this one matures. However, this one was just that wee little [...]
With monsoons and winters approaching, hotels’ Human Resource departments have pulled up their socks. We have quite the clients under our belt and trainings at various properties have begun already. There is some extensive travelling to be done and some expensive bottles to be uncorked, all for love of wine education.
The interactive, sense-of-humour infected, alcohol-laced, [...]
Terroir, is a French term which means – the summation of all the features natural and man-induced that make a place and its produce unique and identifiable amongst many.
Terroir is a new restaurant situated on the first floor of the one of the most stylish boutique 5-star hotels in the Delhi NCR region, Galaxy Hotel on the NH8. Terroir [...]
Working at Wi-Not has its advantages, or so Magan would like us to believe. Sure we don’t get hounded for autographs just yet but we do get to taste a lot of fun wine. We recently congregated at the Taj Mahal Hotel for a Brancaia wine-tasting orchestrated by Mr. Vishal Kadakia of Wine Park, the [...]
Riesling has always been one of my favourite grape varieties, especially if it comes from the EU countries. It has a pronounced fruity varietal character and can be made in various styles: dry, semi-sweet and sweet. Talking of Riesling, Germany comes to mind as one of the most premium regions to grow it. Mosel- Saar-Ruwer [...]
On a hot afternoon, the Wi-Not team got a call; an invitation to the Wine Society of India (WSI) evening. The occasion was the launch of WSI ‘Four Seasons Wine Discovery’ program showcasing seven wines, three whites and four reds. After we finally managed ot make our way through the parking mess outside, we arrived [...]
This time the venue was Hotel Crown Plaza, Gurgaon, and the event was wine training to the staff of Wild Fire restaurant sponsored by Mr. Vishal Kadakia. He is the director of Wine Park, a wine importing venture based out of Mumbai, India. In the presence of 21 staff, there were three whites and reds [...]
With much anticipation and expectations the Wi-Not team reached the Grand Hyatt Mumbai, venue for the first India International Wine Fair (IIWF 2009). The event was scheduled over three days with seminars, talks and summits with speakers including sommeliers, wine advisors, celebrity chefs, wine society directors, importers, and the likes. The event was a bit scattered [...]
The Wi-Not team reached Taj Ambassador, New Delhi on 25th March 2009, for a Belgian wine tasting. On offer were Les Vins de Roisin’s fruit wines produced and nurtured by Mr. Ludovic Boucart. Present there were also the Ambassador of Belgium who expressed his desire to see Belgian wines grow and prosper in the Indian [...]
The team at Wi-Not has had a pretty action-packed last few weeks: wine events, wine trainings, brainstorming sessions on wine marketing strategies, and travelling for the love and cause of wine.
The first most important event attended by the team was a wine tasting afternoon at the at the French Ambassador’s residence in Delhi, where some [...]
The foundation for the first Indian Wine School has been laid and work is on at break-neck speed. No stone has been left unturned to acquire the best possible material and equipment for the institute. Excitement at Wi-Not is at an all-time and constantly rising high but we will still hold our silence before an [...]
India, in spite of the recession is managing a growth in the F&B industry. New establishments are opening doors everyday making the gastronomic world ever more competitive. While bar competitions and wine competitions abound, Magandeep has often eluded the temptation to organise a formal sommelier competition to ascertain and adjudge the qualities of a true [...]
This is perhaps the most important set of questions that we get asked – How is the Indian market, do Indians really drink, what are the taxes, how does one go about getting wine into India. So we thought it would be easier to address this once and for good. Once again, what we are [...]
If you are already marketing or thinking of marketing wine in India, the following article is for you. Before we start, I will first answer the million-dollar question, “What prompted me to write this?” and the answer is, with stiff competition that’s only getting tighter it is most pertinent to get the branding exercise right. [...]
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