What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? Pairing of Indian dishes with wines is one topic about which I’ve changed my mind over the years as a wine enthusiast. Curry and Spices Let me be honest, Indian food and Wines do not naturally make a heavenly pair. The quintessential spicy IndianContinueContinue reading “Indian Food And Wine Pairing”
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Breaking Ice At A Wine Dinner
Tell us about a time when you felt out of place. It was during my initial days in the world of wines. As a natural progression I had started attending many wine soirées and wine events happening in the town where there was always something new to learn besides making like minded friends and contacts.ContinueContinue reading “Breaking Ice At A Wine Dinner”
The Shared Destiny With My Computer
Your life without a computer: what does it look like? My Computer My computer occupies a small space along the front wall of my office next to the entrance door. Sometimes I feel we both have shared a destiny in the sense that at times there is an excessive work load on us and andContinueContinue reading “The Shared Destiny With My Computer”
How To Taste Wine
What skill would you like to learn? Disclaimer With about ten years of wine experience, I’m not a novice when it comes to wine tasting. I’ve studied it and can write notes of a wine tasting reasonably well sans identifying 20 aromas in one sniff though. Image: Google To Taste Or Not To Taste ThereContinueContinue reading “How To Taste Wine”
Life and Passion
What details of your life could you pay more attention to? I’ve come to realise that the daily prompts given by WordPress are mostly personal. This leads to twin challenges for me. First, being somewhat reserved, I feel bit uncomfortable in opening up to the world at large and second is that I try toContinueContinue reading “Life and Passion”
Read, Observe, Practice
What’s your #1 priority tomorrow? For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.(Ben Jonson, 1640). Catching up on my reading Today (02 October), being a holiday here in India (and also a dry day) on theContinueContinue reading “Read, Observe, Practice”
Achievement and Accolades
In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled? The hard work put in by me makes me feel fulfilled by the positive results it generates. Besides quantified results, such hard work done also fills me with a sense of achievement, happiness and pride on a job well done. Let me explain this withContinueContinue reading “Achievement and Accolades”
From Novice to a Wine Connoisseur
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? Hard work has been the trait which I value most in myself. Glamour of Wines On face of it the wine industry seems to be a fun place to be. Things like Wine Soirées, Blind Tastings, Wine Movies etc add a lot of glamour it. Wine isContinueContinue reading “From Novice to a Wine Connoisseur”
Three Jobs in the Wine Industry
List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter. Wine Educator Having become knowledgeable in the subject of wines, I would like to be a wine educator to further spread wine knowledge and educate those who have a similar interest in wines. Viticulture Expert I would like to be a viticulture expert providing requisiteContinueContinue reading “Three Jobs in the Wine Industry”
The Lost City and a Vineyard
What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in? Heritage and Wines are two of my major interest in life and both these themes figure extensively in my blog as also in my social media posts and in discussions too. Ruins of Hampi Both of these passions merged during ourContinueContinue reading “The Lost City and a Vineyard”