Sommelier

Wondering what's the right way to select and order wine while dining out? Here are some basic rules to follow and mistakes to avoid, with inputs from an award-winning sommelier, Mattia Antonio Cianca.

Water, just like wine, can be paired with a number of foods, cuisines and meal courses.

If a lot can happen over coffee, a lot more can happen over a chat as Swedish sommelier Cecilia Oldne discovered after striking up a conversation with the owner of one of India's largest vineyards ...

Something about fine wine invites mystique, ritual -- and more than a little pretension.If you have ever ordered an old and expensive bottle of red from a master sommelier, you may have seen the ostentatious ...

A recent survey has found that three glasses of wine serve as the tipping point after which it is difficult for people to stop themselves from binge drinking and binge eating. Four pints of beer ...

The curry shops of Southall in London are a thing of the past and Indian fine dining doesn't stop at Chicken Tikka Masala, which is often described as England's national dish. Indian food has found ...

A meal tastes better when accompanied with wine, and so do the dishes on the menu when you add a splash of wine to them. Here's how to make the most of wine in the ...

Here's a question : Does wine get better with age ? If you've answered 'Of course stupid!', here's some news for you. Wineries in China have started scientific trials using electric fields to speed up ...

For many in the developing world, drinking wine is a complicated process. For most here in India, the complication borders on being even scary due to the sheer expanse of the perceived fears about its ...

As a testament to how much of a wine geek I am, my dinning room has the popular De Long's Grape Varietal Table framed on one wall. 184 of the world's favourite grapes organised by ...