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Fast 5: Ewan Gunn, Diageo Whisky Master

Fast 5: Ewan Gunn, Diageo Whisky Master

October 7, 2016 · by Karina · in Delhi, Interview, Universal Spirits, Videos, Whisky

Recently Ewan Gunn, Diageo Global Whisky Master toured India to introduce a few of the company’s Scotch whiskies. Over a tasting, Gunn and I discussed the changing trends in the world of whisky: the delicate art of blending vs. the notion of drinking…

Delhi's Top Sommeliers

Delhi’s Top Sommeliers

October 23, 2015 · by Karina · in Delhi, Interview, Wine

One of the great things about wine is that there’s always more to learn, and even more to taste. A good way to embark on this journey is to try different wines as and when the opportunity presents itself. And when there…

Scotch Malt Whisky Society launch in India

Scotch Malt Whisky Society launch in India

March 19, 2013 · by Karina · in Events, In the news, Interview, Mumbai, Single Malt

Last week the well-known association for malt lovers, the Scotch Malt Whisky Society  was launched in Mumbai. The SMWS was set up in 1983 and now operates in 19 countries with over 26,000 malt-loving members. Ashwin Deo (founder of Turning…

Metaxa: The Spirit of Greece

Metaxa: The Spirit of Greece

November 4, 2012 · by Karina · in Cocktails, Company Profile, Interview, Universal Spirits

  Published in Liquid magazine September – October 2012. Written by Karina Aggarwal   From its beginnings in the tiny Greek isle of Piraeus in 1888, Metaxa – ‘The Original Greek Spirit’, has found its way to over a hundred…

Meet the Mixologist: Tom Yau

Meet the Mixologist: Tom Yau

September 20, 2012 · by Karina · in Cocktails, Interview

    Tom Yau has worked as a bartender in the UK, Japan, Melbourne, Perth and even one shift at Arola in India. He is in Malaysia currently, working at the bar/restaurant called The Greenhouse, and is slated to move…

The Grand Cognac Culture

The Grand Cognac Culture

September 7, 2012 · by Karina · in Company Profile, Interview, Recipes, Reviews, Universal Spirits

Published in Liquid magazine July – August 2012. Written by Karina Aggarwal Think cognac and immediately your mind drifts to an image of a wood panelled room with a distinguished gentleman sitting in a red leather high-backed chair beside a…

Know your mixologist: Nicci Stringfellow

Know your mixologist: Nicci Stringfellow

August 20, 2012 · by Karina · in Cocktails, Interview, Mumbai

Nicci has been based in Mumbai for the last four months. She is a consultant mixologist for KA hospitality, handling the bar both at Hakkasan and Yauatcha. She’s even working on KA’s latest project, the Mediterranean themed Otto Infinito which…

Molecular Mixology

September 28, 2011 · by Karina · in Cocktails, In the news, Interview

I recently attended the Cointreau Cocktail workshop through Ambrosia where Richard Lambert, Global Brand Ambassador for Cointreau gave bartenders and mixologists an education in Molecular mixology. What is molecular mixology? It is molecular gastronomy, but with alcohol.  So what is…

The Mumbai Oktoberfest – Round 2

September 5, 2011 · by Karina · in Beer, In the news, Interview, Mumbai, Reviews

Last October Mumbaikars welcomed to their city the world’s biggest beer festival and they made sure that it lived up to its Munich counterpart. Matching the Germans sip for sip and litre for litre, their response was a surprise to…

Brewing a Storm!

June 19, 2011 · by Karina · in Company Profile, Interview, Universal Spirits

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….

Georg Riedel: Shape does matter

June 18, 2011 · by Karina · in Company Profile, Interview

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,…

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