My Life My Style: Ashwin Deo

Best work moment
The launch of Turning Point Wines in Mumbai

Massage or workout to de-stress
Massage

Your IT tools
iPhone, Macbook Air and Kindle

Favourite spirit
Single cask, single malt whiskies from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society collection

Favourite Wine
Turning Point wines, of course!

Favourite champagne
Ruinart Rose

Your sleeping ritual
Play with my dog before sleeping

Favourite TV show
Was Boston Legal, now 24

Best gift received
Saahil Deo, my son

Best gift given
Can't think of it... But emotionally, the first bottle of Turning Point wine ever produced which I gave to my friend, Chef Rahul Akerkar!

Favourite accessory
My Franck Muller Master Banker watch

Favourite cuisine
Japanese

Fancy coffee or masala tea?
Depends on the weather

Newspaper and TV channels and websites you prefer
I read The Times Of India, The Economic Times, Mid-Day, Afternoon every morning (e-papers, all of them). TV channels can switch depending upon the cacophony and decibel levels of the people chatting on them!

On a plane, do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Catch up on Hindustani classical music. Calms me down

What do you cook on your day off?
Can't cook to save my life!

Are you a beach or mountain person?
Mountains, any day

Your favourite city
Nagpur, the city I come from

What's your fragrance?
Paco Rabanne Sport, Chanel Allure Sport

You get your work clothes from
Ravi Bajaj

The shoemaker you trust your sole with
I love Tod's, Ferragamo, Church's

The gels and oils and lotions you swear by
None. Don't use gels but occasionally a good old-fashioned coconut oil head maalish!

Your current set of wheels
Honda CRV

God for you is…
Persistence and hard work

Favourite cafe
Indigo Deli

Favourite restaurant
Wasabi, at the Taj Mumbai

Your ideal dance music
Old world - waltz, cha cha, foxtrot, jive

At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
I usually don't talk shop, nor am I interested in hearing about the crores other guys are talking about

A few of your Goddesses are
Will take a whole page to name!

Alpha males you know
Ravi Bajaj! All Alpha males bow to him

Your favourite motto
If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got. Think different, do
different!

Ashwin Deo
Founder and Managing Director at Trinity Vintners