Scribbled by: Praggie - The Foodie Hippo   On: 2nd Feb, 2010

ALCOHOL, DRINKS, EXPERIENCE, PLACES TO SHOP

India sure has a booming liquor market, three hic’s to that. People love this tipsy liquid and its making its way from the dusty store shelves to our food. One can find liquor in chocolates, golgappas and even the innocent pastry and being in India, the opinions are obviously divided. India and liquor in food goes hand in hand with a thousand controversies around. Let’s move away from that though, that being a different and depressing topic. Liquor chocolates have been welcomed with hap...

Scribbled by: Praggie - The Foodie Hippo   On: 22nd Jan, 2010

ALCOHOL, WINE, DRINKS, BEST

This essentially deals with a list of the best Indian wines and wineries one can find. This is it. Simple and straightforward. Crystal and clear. Don’t go looking in for anything else now. This is not one of those tricks articles where the title says ‘top Indian wines’ and the content says ‘step 2 to groom your lovely pooch from Angola.’ Really now. Top 10 Wineries in India 1.    Indage or Chateau Indage 2.    Grover Vineyards 3.    ...

Scribbled by: Praggie - The Foodie Hippo   On: 19th Jan, 2010

ALCOHOL, WINE, DRINKS, CHOW, TRENDS

Matching food and wine seems like a complex equation, something most of us will never go into because fixing a spaceship and having a drink with the Martian seems much easier. Though there are rules, like there are rules in every aspect of life, which you must keep in mind, experimenting with different food –wine pairs is encouraged as well. If a particular food-wine pairing goes well, try it again. Exciting experimentations never hurt anyone.  Regional wines are paired with food in countr...

Scribbled by: Praggie - The Foodie Hippo   On: 5th Jan, 2010

ALCOHOL, WINE, DRINKS, FACTS

How many of you have met self proclaimed wine experts and magical homemade sommeliers? I see all hands in the room way up. Yes I call 70 percent hands as all. The emphasis here is not even on their mysterious wine learning journey but how many Indian wines do they speak about out loud. *cue puzzling head spins. Indian wines you say? Now comes the interesting bit. Did you know that wine is being made in India for nearly a thousand years now? Indians have always been familiar with wine an...