eff Arnett, The Master Distiller of Jack Daniel’s, conducted a very special Masterclass in Mumbai on March 6, for a walk through of the brand, including tasting whiskies from the portfolio of the oldest registered distillery in the USA. Arnett Read More
Nebbiolo Prima New Vintages, New Formula Each year, Piedmont’s historic gastronomic city of Alba prepares itself to uncork three magnificent vin-tages of six wonderful regional expressions, a blend of rare craftsmanship and time, to the palate of a selected few Read More
Robert Giraud Redefining fine wine
The crave for fine wines among Indians is relatively small, but forever increasing, lock-step with their growing their wanderlust. Yes, travel-happy and aspirational, upwardly mobile India is taking to global cuisine with unprecedented gusto, from sushi and caviar to fine Read More
Where the spirited and the spiritual come together
When you drink a Chimay beer, you are not only celebrating heritage, but also a concern towards social causes, according to Edwin Dedoncker, Managing Director, and Chimay Peres Trappistes. The reason is not hard to fathom. After all, this is Read More
‘I don’t want any kind of secrecy in the CSD
A report published last year named the CSD as the county’s biggest retail channel for alcobev brands. What has contributed to this phenomenal success? I would like to start with tracing the existence of CSD to 1927. It was meant Read More
CSD got most things right, working on others
Which is the biggest, most profitable retail player in India? D’Mart? Future Retail? Reliance Retail? The answer is a loud NO. Instead, it is the Canteen Stores Department or CSD, run by the Ministry of Defense, which caters to serving and retired personnel of Read More
Brew Talk- The Pink Elephant Strolls into Indian Beer World
The beer has a way of capturing at least three of your senses. The eyes instantly notice the pink elephant staring at you from the label, while the nostrils inhale the slightly malty,spicy feel and the tongue relishes the warm Read More
Spiritz Exclusive Interview with – Kapil Grover
From importing edgy space tech equipment to making India’s finest wines, the Grovers have traveled many worlds over 25 years of passionate wine making. Bishan Kumar reconstruct the storied journey in conversation with the scion of the Grover Vineyards family, Read More
Selling More Than Just Whiskey
Raj Peter Bhakta is the sum of all parts and then some — he is a son of immigrants who ran for US Congress, he was to join US Marines, and his appearance on the hit reality TV show ‘The Read More
‘With our champagne, customers imbibe a new lifestyle’
He took over the Moët Hennessy India operations in November 2016 at a time when he was also heading the company’s Canada operations. Till the end of January this year, Stéphane de Meurville divided his time across continents. Shalini Kumar Read More