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Indian wines at their best
Most of the 'super premium' wines are red - that's because 'reserve' wines are matured in imported oak casks for anything from 4 to 14 months
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Wishing a happy 2014 for wine
The Honig Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2010, with 93 points from Wine Spectator, was rated number 54 on the magazine's 'Top 100 Wines of 2013'
Wines from New Zealand
Wine has been produced in New Zealand for 175 years, with the oldest existing winery (Mission Estate, Hawke's Bay, North Island) dating back to 1851, but wine has really come into its own only in the
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The world's largest wine consumer
Good US wines need not be expensive as proven by The Riding High Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, which is priced at an affordable Rs 1,126
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Vino Italiano
Amarone is made from partially-dried grapes which are dried in the shade for 3-4 months to lose 40% of their weight before being processed into wine
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Tuscan treasures
Chianti is made from the indigenous Sangiovese grape ("the blood of Jove") in the province of Tuscany, Italy
Lure of the Loire
The Bad Boy Bordeaux from Recolte Thunevin is a top-quality wine. Jean Luc was called the 'black sheep' of Bordeaux for defying convention in the 1980s
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The art of importing and selling
Something that started off at, say, $5 per bottle at a European port ends up with an MRP of Rs 2,200 in Bangalore
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A chateau for all seasons
Designed in a neo-classical chateau style, the Four Season's winery rises out of a gently-sloping terrain amidst 50 acres of vineyards
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