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• A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing a White Wine

  By Lavina Kharkwal on November 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Choosing a bottle of wine can be really confusing if you are a novice, given the wide variety of wines from different countries, available in the market at different price points.  Very often you hesitate to take those baby steps… Read More ›

• The Stunning Wineries of Rioja Alavesa in Spain’s Basque Country

  By Lavina Kharkwal on October 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  As one drives past the village of Samaniego towards Vitoria-Logroño, in the Álava province of Northern Spain’s Basque Country, what is noticeable from the road is a gigantic ultra-modern glass box sitting atop a small hillock amidst a sea of… Read More ›

• India Wine Awards 2019: How Relevant Are They?

  By Lavina Kharkwal on October 16, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  It was Benjamin Franklin, the founding father of the United States who said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest”. Sonal Holland, India’s one and only Master of Wine, not only lives by this adage but also loves quoting… Read More ›

• The Basque Tradition of Txotx

  By Lavina Kharkwal on July 16, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The best way to understand the culture and traditions of a place is to travel to the region. No amount of reading or searching for information on the internet will give you the kind of insight, that only travel can… Read More ›

• Txakoli: Unique Wine of the Basque Country

  By Lavina Kharkwal on July 15, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  All I am yearning for in this oppressive Delhi heat is a glass of crisp, dry, refreshing Txakoli wine from Spain’s Basque country. Not the easiest of names to roll off the tongue, I agree, but a rather easy wine… Read More ›

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