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I am a WSET certified wine geek who loves learning, talking and writing about wine. A Post Graduate in History from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, I studied Italian at Universita per Stranieri di Perugia, Italy and am currently learning Spanish from Instituto Cervantes, Nueva Delhi.

I love travelling, exploring different wine regions and trying out new cuisines. My blog High on Wines is about my food and wine trails in India and across the world. I spoke on the "Potential for Wine Tourism in India" at the International Wine Tourism Conference IWINETC 2015 held at Reims, La Champagne, France, IWINETC 2016 Barcelona Spain and IWINETC 2019 Basque Country Spain. I attended Vinexpo 2015 and 2017 in Bordeaux France, ProWein Düsseldorf Germany 2019 and the 50th Anniversary of Vinitaly 2016 held in Verona, Italy. I get invited to wine launches, tastings and events related to wine and wine tourism both in India and overseas as I enjoy writing about them. I am a regular contributor to The Luxury Collection Magazine and Sommelier India Wine Magazine.

My email is lavina.kharkwal@gmail.com & you can follow me on Twitter and Instagram @highonwines.com

• Fratelli Wines launches three new labels VITAE, VITAE TRE & SETTE 2011 and makes forays into Imported Wines

  By Lavina Kharkwal on November 13, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  Piero Massi, the famed Italian winemaker from Tuscany brought to Fratelli Wines, along with his technical expertise and passion, the most important quality needed in the business of wine making that is “patience”. With the recent launch of three new… Read More ›

• New Winter Menu at Olive Qutub, New Delhi

  By Lavina Kharkwal on November 9, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Author : Lavina Kharkwal Chef Sujan Sarkar has a fairly simple food philosophy. He wants to make his customers happy. With the launch of his new winter menu at Olive Qutub, he succeeds not just in making them happy, but… Read More ›

• Chilean Wine & Food Festival 2014 : Wine Tasting at The Lalit New Delhi

  By Lavina Kharkwal on November 6, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  Chilean wines have come a long way since the time when a 19th Century wine writer, André Julien, compared them to “a potion of rhubarb & senna”. The country is now known for producing refined wines which are absolutely bang for… Read More ›

• The Unexplored World Of Czech Wines

  By Lavina Kharkwal on October 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The word Czech Republic brings to my mind images a mug of frothy beer and Skoda cars. It is difficult to picture this Pilsner country as a wine drinking nation. When I was invited by my friend Alison Macbeth to… Read More ›

• Grover Zampa Launches Vijay Amritraj Reserve Collection Wines

  By Lavina Kharkwal on October 28, 2014 • ( 14 )

  

      You know that Indian wines have come of age when India’s most well-known and internationally recognized tennis player, Vijay Amritraj, launches his own premium wine collection, with one of India’s top most wine producers, Grover Zampa Vineyards, and… Read More ›