A Homerkin, anyone?
Did you know that 90% of what people say is conveyed through just 7000 words? I didn’t, and it seems like such a waste that so many words in the English language lie unused, fading away as the years go… Read More
Barley and Me
A year ago the only thing I liked to drink were mojitos, and maybe the occasional caipiroska doused with sugar syrup and mint leaves. And as much as I would’ve like to be part of the beer-drinking gang instead of… Read More
The Hangover
Since I’ve been promoting alcohol, all types of it, I think it’s only fair that I help with the morning after as well. And look what I found… Hangover remedies from around the world. Personally the Dutch seem to have… Read More
Green vs Brown – Which would you choose?
So yesterday as I was handed a pint of Kingfisher beer, I chose to share with a friend the fact that green bottles have been proved to be worse for storing beer than brown. He laughed at what to him… Read More
Brewing a Storm!
Let me tell you a story. A story of two boys who wanted to change the oppressive world they were living in. So they dreamed. A dream to break the shackles of bureaucracy and guide people onto the correct path…. Read More
Hyderabad’s Deadly SYN
Gluttony and greed – two of the seven deadly sins. Bad, very bad. The Bible says so. But, at the end of a meal at the aptly named Syn, you can’t help but admit that you’re a ‘synner’ yourself, and… Read More
Get on the Turps in Australia
Referring to Australians, Marcus Clark famously said, “They are not a nation of snobs like the English or of extravagant boasters like the Americans or of reckless profligates like the French, they are simply a nation of drunkards.” ‘Drunkards’ or… Read More
Georg Riedel: Shape does matter
Published in Ambrosia magazine, March 2011 With Indian drinkers getting more wine-literate over the last five years, wine etiquette is becoming increasingly important. And I’m not talking about just that pretentious bunch that has the four S’s (See, Swirl, Smell,… Read More
Giggle Water 411
Okay, so I’m no blogger. I really don’t have anything extraordinary or unique to say. And from my first two lines it’s probably obvious that I haven’t received the ‘Blogging for Dummies’ handbook. But in my work at Ambrosia – a wine… Read More
