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The best of red wines

The Tenuta Sant'Antonio Amarone 2013 (Rs 6,825 in Bengaluru) is sublime and complex, with a full-bodied taste and lots of ripe fruit and spice on the palate

New year, new cellar

Italian prosecco is quite trendy and a relatively inexpensive bubbly from the Glera grape

Wine for thought

Projecting a per capita wine consumption of 1 litre in 20 years would give us a market of 1.6 billion litres or 180 million cases - which meant a lot of opportunities to sell wines to Indians

The perfect 100-point wine dinner

Michel Chapoutier is one of the most famous vintners in France and one of the first in the country to convert to biodynamic viticulture

Raise a toast to Down Under

Australian wines actually outsell all other imported wines in India and Jacob's Creek is the market leader

The myriad wine faces

The Krsma Sauvignon Blanc 2017 is crisp and clean with grassy notes of lime and lemon

The serious business of wines

Wine is still regarded as something consumed by glamorous socialites

Blind tasting score card

Krsma is a full-bodied wine with a complex aroma of fruit and berries and spice

The wine club: The highs and lows of spirits

Is there a case for expempting low-alcohol products from this Supreme Court draconian judgment?

The words around wine

An old wine is better than a young wine is a myth

Alok Chandra: Why French wines rule

French wines command 85% of investment going into wine, with Italian wines accounting for 8%

Alok Chandra: Wines to make merry

The Daily Dose produced by Rajesh Risal is the top choice for gifting in the new year

Alok Chandra: A wine tasting

Tasting wine is more complex than drinking wine

Alok Chandra: South African safari

Few people know that South African wines are today the fourth-largest selling overseas wines in India after Australian, French and Italian wines

Alok Chandra: Master's selection

Another new premium wine label has just been launched in India

It's raining wines

Upping the game with Grover's latest

To my mind, the wine appeared to be still quite young and I think it will benefit from at least one year of bottle ageing

Silky Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blancs generally do not lend themselves to oak ageing and are normally much less expensive than Chardonnays. They tend to go well with salads, seafood and some pasta dishes

An ode to pinot noir

This wine from New Zealand has ripe berry aromas with cacao and spice notes

A toast to Cabernet Sauvignon

Among the better Cabs I've come across is the Honig Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2010 vintage is rated 'outstanding' by Wine Spectator