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Tasting Indian wine: Vallonneé from Nasik
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Saturday, April 24, 2010. Our first "guinea pig" will be Vallonneé wine from Nasik, Maharashtra. Vallonneé" means "Hilly" in French, and, perhaps, the manufacturer wants to take benefit of (to monetize) France-great-wine association in our minds. That's the economical part. The wine itself is quite good, even though has a little "rough" smell. Still, it's better than 80% of Nasik wine. It's incomparable to wine of "Sula" and many other brands, quality is much better. Verdict: If you have no other choice ...
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Tasting Indian wine: May 2010
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Sunday, May 30, 2010. Mandala Valley Shiraz 2007 from Bangalore. Today I'm tasting wine from Bangalorean company Mandala Valley Vineyards, founded in 2006. As far as I know, at least in the beginning they used grape from Maharashtra, not from Karnataka where Bangalore (Bengaluru) is located. What I like the most about the label is that it says "private collection". If it's a private collection - how the hell did I get it in a regular wine shop? Price: heavy 690 Rs (15 USD). Verdict: NEVER BUY IT! It's a ...
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Tasting Indian wine: Sula Dindori Reserve from Nasik
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Sula Dindori Reserve from Nasik. Today we are tasting one of the most popular (or at least famous) brands in India - Sula. Cheap Sula wines smell badly and taste the same so we went for an expensive bottle - Sula Dindori Reserve 2007. Price - heavy 810 rupees (18 USD, in a wine shop). Let's analyze the title first. It's a very beautiful bottle, after all! Sula" itself has many meanings - from bird genus to islands in Scandinavia. It's not clear what did the company founders mean.
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Tasting Indian wine: York from Nasik
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Monday, April 26, 2010. Yesterday I spotted this beautiful bottle in a local wine shop in Bandra and decided to give it a try! It's a new vineyard (at least I've never heard about it) called the very same way as the wine itself - York Vineyards, located in (try to guess! Tall beautiful bottle, real cork. On the back of the bottle it says "proudly Indian", so I assume Indian wine industry is not only growing but is already proud of itself :). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life of a foreigner in India.
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Tasting Indian wine: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010. I'm going abroad for 2 months so there will be no Indian wine reviews until August or September 2010! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Life of a foreigner in India. Vida de un extranjero en India. View my complete profile.
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Tasting Indian wine: Mandala Valley Shiraz 2007 from Bangalore
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Sunday, May 30, 2010. Mandala Valley Shiraz 2007 from Bangalore. Today I'm tasting wine from Bangalorean company Mandala Valley Vineyards, founded in 2006. As far as I know, at least in the beginning they used grape from Maharashtra, not from Karnataka where Bangalore (Bengaluru) is located. What I like the most about the label is that it says "private collection". If it's a private collection - how the hell did I get it in a regular wine shop? Price: heavy 690 Rs (15 USD). Verdict: NEVER BUY IT! It's a ...
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Tasting Indian wine: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Indage Platinum series from Nasik. This time I'm tasting wine from a well established Indian vineyard - Chateau Indage (oh, again monetizing on French associations). Chateau means "castle" in French and somehow I doubt that this vineyard does, in fact, have a castle somewhere in Nasik. "Indage" doesn't mean anything, perhaps only the company owner knows the meaning behind this word. Back to the guinea pig! MRP: 850 Rs - definitely an expensive piece of joy. Indage Platinum Merl...
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Tasting Indian wine: Indage Platinum series from Nasik
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Indage Platinum series from Nasik. This time I'm tasting wine from a well established Indian vineyard - Chateau Indage (oh, again monetizing on French associations). Chateau means "castle" in French and somehow I doubt that this vineyard does, in fact, have a castle somewhere in Nasik. "Indage" doesn't mean anything, perhaps only the company owner knows the meaning behind this word. Back to the guinea pig! MRP: 850 Rs - definitely an expensive piece of joy. Indage Platinum Merl...
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Tasting Indian wine: Going abroad
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010. I'm going abroad for 2 months so there will be no Indian wine reviews until August or September 2010! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Life of a foreigner in India. Vida de un extranjero en India. View my complete profile.
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Tasting Indian wine: Pause Puro from Baramati, Maharashtra
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Friday, May 28, 2010. Pause Puro from Baramati, Maharashtra. Yesterday I spotted a new item at my local wine shop - "Pause Puro" from Rendez-vous Wines India Pvt Ltd (Maharashtra). This particular wine is said to be made in Baramati - a little town near Pune. So it's the first Maharashtrian wine I tried which is not made in Nasik! I was familiar with "Pause" wines already, and to be honest - my opinion about this company wasn't that high. Still, I decided to try it - it was just 225 Rs, after all :).
