The London International Wine Fair opens in London this week and some of the more unusual brands on display are from India.
Industry experts are predicting that India will emerge as one of the largest wine producers in the world in the next fifty years.
Some of the Indian brands to be showcased at the fair include Marquise De Pompadour, Tiger Hill, Indage Reserve, Chantilli, Riviera, Ivy and Omar Khayyam.
Most of their technology and advice is from Europe, Indian winemakers are now promoting themselves in a big way to catch the attention of the rest of the world. Though India offers an ideal climate for winemaking and Indian wines have also won many prizes abroad, the biggest challenge for their industry is to make wine lovers around the world comfortable with the Made in India tag.
Showing posts with label Tunbridge Wells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tunbridge Wells. Show all posts
Monday, 19 May 2008
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
China will be leading wine producer by 2058
China will come to the fore in the next half-century and emerge as the leading wine producing country. This is according to a new document out from Berry Bros & Rudd entitled 'The Future of Wine Report'.
Two significant areas are set for change in the next fifty years, it says. Firstly, the rise of wine brands will lead to massive changes in the marketing and packaging of wine products and secondly New World wine countries will see radical changes as climate change sets in.
China especially (curr
ently the world's sixth largest wine producer and number four in terms of area under vine) will come to prominence as the leading producer by 2058.
The report says Cabernets and Chardonnays, in particular, will be in demand.
Alun Griffiths MW said: "China has the vineyards, but not the technical expertise, however, if good people from wine producing countries think there is opportunity to make wine in China, they will go there and invest."
China will come to the fore in the next half-century and emerge as the leading wine producing country. This is according to a new document out from Berry Bros & Rudd entitled 'The Future of Wine Report'.
Two significant areas are set for change in the next fifty years, it says. Firstly, the rise of wine brands will lead to massive changes in the marketing and packaging of wine products and secondly New World wine countries will see radical changes as climate change sets in.
China especially (curr
ently the world's sixth largest wine producer and number four in terms of area under vine) will come to prominence as the leading producer by 2058.The report says Cabernets and Chardonnays, in particular, will be in demand.
Alun Griffiths MW said: "China has the vineyards, but not the technical expertise, however, if good people from wine producing countries think there is opportunity to make wine in China, they will go there and invest."
Friday, 9 May 2008
Women hospitalised after cafe mistakes washing up liquid for wine
Two women have been taken to hospital after a New Zealand cafe mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as mulled wine.
Chico's Restaurant in the mountain resort of Queenstown on South Island pleaded guilty to a charge of selling food containing extraneous matter — the chemical sodium hydroxide — that caused injury
Customer Sarah Ferguson had ordered a glass of "Mountain Thunder" mulled wine from the cafe and spat out the liquid when she experienced a burning sensation on her lips and mouth.
Cafe worker Bethany Sim then offered to test the drink and suffered a similar reaction.
I can think of some so-called popular wines over here that may struggle to pass the dishwasher test!!
Chico's Restaurant in the mountain resort of Queenstown on South Island pleaded guilty to a charge of selling food containing extraneous matter — the chemical sodium hydroxide — that caused injury
Customer Sarah Ferguson had ordered a glass of "Mountain Thunder" mulled wine from the cafe and spat out the liquid when she experienced a burning sensation on her lips and mouth.
Cafe worker Bethany Sim then offered to test the drink and suffered a similar reaction.
I can think of some so-called popular wines over here that may struggle to pass the dishwasher test!!
Monday, 14 April 2008
Same wine - different lable
Have you ever wondered if you are continually drinking the same wine but with a different label?
Well your concerns may not be unfounded.
A recent industry report flagged up a frightening statistic - there are currently an estimated 3000 second la
bels floating around the worlds wine racks.
So what is a second label? Lets be clear, it is not a second wine. Merely a bottle with a differently designed label to disguise the fact that there are thousands of wines on sale in the high street that are exactly the same in every detail. Except for the name and the price - yep, the price.
Second labels are a valuable, cost effective tool for the the majors to make more money without over stocking. It enables them to widen their range of wines and spread it out around different stores, without actually having to buy new wines from different growers. There are many growers that will quite happily label many of their wines to suite your requirements. Therefore if you have a chain of shops you can label the same wines to suite the expectations of your clientele. For example if you have two shops, one in a fairly affluent area and one in an area where the customers are a bit more price sensitive. You can label the same wine differently to appeal to both sets of customers.
It also enables you to charge a £1 or so extra depending on what you think it will bear.
It is a useful tool for the majors who stock their wine departments according to the demographic of each particular stores customer base. It also enables the producers or their agents to sell the same wine to different companies without conflicting overlaps.
Is it illegal? No it certainly is not. There are strict EU laws governing the labeling of wine.
According to the Food standards Agency these are the legal requirements.
'Specific mandatory items must be shown, in one field of vision. These include nominal volume (eg 75cl), alcoholic strength (eg 11.5% vol), bottler's details, country of origin, type of wine. In addition a statement about the sulphur dioxide content will be required on any label when this exceeds 10mg/litre.'
That is all you legally need to have on the wine label and it doesn't even need to be on the front label. It is perfectly OK to print all this info on a back label.
Well your concerns may not be unfounded.
A recent industry report flagged up a frightening statistic - there are currently an estimated 3000 second la
bels floating around the worlds wine racks.So what is a second label? Lets be clear, it is not a second wine. Merely a bottle with a differently designed label to disguise the fact that there are thousands of wines on sale in the high street that are exactly the same in every detail. Except for the name and the price - yep, the price.
Second labels are a valuable, cost effective tool for the the majors to make more money without over stocking. It enables them to widen their range of wines and spread it out around different stores, without actually having to buy new wines from different growers. There are many growers that will quite happily label many of their wines to suite your requirements. Therefore if you have a chain of shops you can label the same wines to suite the expectations of your clientele. For example if you have two shops, one in a fairly affluent area and one in an area where the customers are a bit more price sensitive. You can label the same wine differently to appeal to both sets of customers.
It also enables you to charge a £1 or so extra depending on what you think it will bear.
It is a useful tool for the majors who stock their wine departments according to the demographic of each particular stores customer base. It also enables the producers or their agents to sell the same wine to different companies without conflicting overlaps.
Is it illegal? No it certainly is not. There are strict EU laws governing the labeling of wine.
According to the Food standards Agency these are the legal requirements.
'Specific mandatory items must be shown, in one field of vision. These include nominal volume (eg 75cl), alcoholic strength (eg 11.5% vol), bottler's details, country of origin, type of wine. In addition a statement about the sulphur dioxide content will be required on any label when this exceeds 10mg/litre.'
That is all you legally need to have on the wine label and it doesn't even need to be on the front label. It is perfectly OK to print all this info on a back label.
You may now feel as though you've been had but is this any different than buying cheaper own brand products rather paying more for the leading brand that is made by the same manufacturer? You may well be paying more for the same product because of the way it is dressed up?
A case of 'The King's new clothes' maybe?
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Clarke names Maison in top list
For the third year running Maison du Vin has been named in top wine expert Oz Clarke's list of top UK Wine Merchants!Oz also lists our Rolle – Chateau Coujan as one of his best 250 wines in the UK.
The wine is now available on line from our shop at only £6.99 per bottle.
Monday, 11 February 2008
How much would you pay for your wine?
OK - so you can buy a bottle of wine for under £3.00 per bottle, but you can pay a whole lot more!
Take these beauties for instance:
Chateau Margaux 1787 £112.500
Chateau Lafite 1787 £80.000
Chateau d'yquem 1784 £28,294
Massandra Sherry 1775 £21,750
Domiane de Rommane Conti 1985 £14,055
Le Montrachet 1978 £11,964
Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945 £8,187
Screaming Eagle 1994 £1,916
Would that be one case or two sir!
Take these beauties for instance:
Chateau Margaux 1787 £112.500
Chateau Lafite 1787 £80.000
Chateau d'yquem 1784 £28,294
Massandra Sherry 1775 £21,750
Domiane de Rommane Conti 1985 £14,055
Le Montrachet 1978 £11,964
Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945 £8,187
Screaming Eagle 1994 £1,916
Would that be one case or two sir!
Saturday, 2 February 2008
The One Hundred and Fifty Two Grape Variety Wine
Announcing the 'One hundred and fifty two grape variety wine!'
Master Italian Wine Maker Mario Giribaldi has, after ten years work, released his 'Cento Uve' - and the wine is made from 152 different grape varieties!
As you can imagine such a feat is very rarely attempted let alone perfected.
The wine is powerfully built yet has tremendous finesse with lashings of fruit and a wonderful seductive inky black colour. This will reward the patient few for at least the next ten years!
This 2004 vintage is now available in the UK exclusively from Maison du Vin at a price of £29.99 per bottle.
Master Italian Wine Maker Mario Giribaldi has, after ten years work, released his 'Cento Uve' - and the wine is made from 152 different grape varieties!
As you can imagine such a feat is very rarely attempted let alone perfected.
The wine is powerfully built yet has tremendous finesse with lashings of fruit and a wonderful seductive inky black colour. This will reward the patient few for at least the next ten years!
This 2004 vintage is now available in the UK exclusively from Maison du Vin at a price of £29.99 per bottle.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)