Cooking
Sommelier India
The Birth Of Brandy And The Craft Of Cognac
On a recent visit to India, Baptiste Loiseau, Cellar Master of the House of Rémy Martin met Karina Aggarwal. What follows is a fascinating glimpse into the origins of brandy and the emergence of Cognac as the best example of it
4 min |
January/February/March 2018
Sommelier India
Vineyards At Your Doorstep
To withstand the march of concrete, many cities are embracing the concept of urban vineyards. Carol Wright reports on this exciting development
7 min |
January/February/March 2018
Sommelier India
The Rise Of Bordeaux Cru Bourgeois
The 1855 Classification of Bordeaux is a 19th century ranking of wines that are much sought after. The upside is that today’s discerning customer can also get superb value from lower classed crus. Ashika Mathews explains
6 min |
January/February/March 2018
Sommelier India
Wine In The City Of A Hundred Spires
Brinda Gill visits Veltlin – an iconic wine bar in Prague that offers a variety of “authentic” wines sourced from producers in the erstwhile Austro-Hungarian Empire
3 min |
January/February/March 2018
Sommelier India
The Culinary Artist From Italy
A good chef is an artist. Give him a palette of ingredients and he knows exactly how to create a masterpiece. And he carries around with him his palette box or, in this case, spice box plus secret recipes of the simple food cooked in his grandmother’s kitchen. Rojita Tiwari meets Chef Francesco Francavilla who creates masterpieces with locally sourced ingredients in traditional Italian recipes at Vetro, The Oberoi, Mumbai.
4 min |
August - September 2016
Sommelier India
Betting On Indian Wine
Alok Chandra meets Singapore based oenophile, Ravi Viswanathan to learn what motivated him to invest so deeply in the wine sector in India.
4 min |
August - September 2016
Sommelier India
A Bottle Or A Magnum? Take Your Pick
It’s a favourite belief of wine professionals that the larger the wine bottle, the slower but more magnificent the evolution of the wine inside it
4 min |
July/August 2017
Sommelier India
Celebrating India's Culinary Heritage
With decades of experience in running kitchens across the globe, Chef Sriram Aylur is a great champion of Indian regional cooking, as Roopa Gulati discovered
7 min |