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If you’re the kind that thinks all Indian wine is rubbish, then think again

says Karina Aggarwal.

There’s a host of wineries making quality wines at very affordable prices in

the country . We’ve scouted the market to find ten of the best – some y ou

may know, a few y ou may not, but all that y ou should definitely consider

for y our next wine night.

Chandon Estate

This is what y ou get when the world’s

most popular Champagne house – Moet

& Chandon - decides to make a foray

into a new wine-making region and

launches Chandon India. Although they

only launched last y ear the project had

been simmering for a while. The two

sparkling wines are made using the same

method as is used to make Champagne

and have become the new benchmark

for all others to come.

Price: Chandon Brut (Rs 1,200) and

Chandon Brut Rosé (Rs 1,400) in

Maharashtra and Delhi.

Grover Zam pa Rosé Soirée

Surprisingly the most luscious sparkling rosé to be found on the market,

this wine shows great aromas and a lovely texture, one that balances

prickly acidity and creamy red fruit jam flavours. As the name suggests, a

great wine for all kinds of fun get-together’s.

Price: Rs 1,125 in Maharashtra. Also available in Karnataka, Goa,

Rajasthan and Chandigarh.

Charosa Viognier

One of the newer wineries to make a mark – and boy have they made a

strong one at that – is Charosa Viney ards. Based in Nashik, they have

launched some of the most qualitative range of wines to have come from a

single winery . The Viognier is fast-becoming a popular white grape in

India and theirs is the best to be had right now.

Price: Rs 7 50 in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka.

Fratelli Sangiovese Bianco

India’s most promising house currently , Fratelli, made heads turn when

they made a white wine out of red grapes! A first for India, it is a rare feat

(even in Italy where the grape comes from), and the final product was one

that smells light and tastes crisp like a white wine but then also shows

some richness in the after-taste like a red wine. Try it, if for nothing, then

to at least put a tick in a very unusual box.

Price: Rs 695 in Mumbai and most major cities across the country .

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York Zinfandel Rosé

Few houses take their

rosé wines extremely

seriously and even

fewer consumers think

of them as any thing

more than picnic wine.

Well, whatever is y our

reason to reach out for

one, the version from

Y ork is a very friendly wine that can be enjoy ed as a day time aperitif and

also with some light summer meals. It has every thing y ou’d expect from a

good rosé – fruit, freshness and the ability to make y ou reach out for one

glass after another.

Price: Rs 500 in Maharashtra.

Charosa T em pranillo

Tempranillo is the main grape of Spain and now Charosa has adapted it to

Indian climate. Currently it is the only pure Tempranillo wine by an Indian

winery that is available in the market, and the Charosa version is a reserve

wine, which means it was aged in oak as well. A very classy , easy -drinking

wine with fruity , toasty notes at a very affordable price.

Price: Rs 1,500 in Maharashtra

Krsm a Cabernet Sauvignon

Krsma has been a

dream in the making

for many decades and

when it launched in

January 2014, the

Hampi Hills-based

winery made quite the

impact with wine

critics and seasoned

consumers alike. The

Cabernet Sauvignon

from the house of

Krsma is one of the

most concentrated full-

bodied wines to come

from India.

Price: The wine is currently available only in Bangalore at Rs 1,600.

Fratelli Sette

Sette is the reserve red from Fratelli v iney ards. Every y ear the winemaker

Piero Masi chooses the best grapes from their 250-acre v iney ards and

blends them together in barrels until he reckons they are ready . The

current Sette, the 2010 is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese and

Cabernet Franc. It is one of the few Indian red wines that has managed to

hold its own against a number of international wines.

Price: Rs 1,650 in Maharashtra.

Grover-Zam pa Chêne

Another Indian red wine to be proud of, the Chêne is currently the most

expensive wine in the market. But not just the price, even in taste, the wine

shows a certain

superlative quality .

More about smoky -

toasty notes with some

ripe fruit to follow, this

is the kind of wine that

can pair with any form

of a rich meal y ou

might throw its way .

Price: Rs 1,7 00 in Maharashtra.

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Vallonné Vin de

Passerillage

Passerillage is the

process of dry ing fresh

grapes in the shade to

shrivel them up a bit in

order to concentrate

the sugars. The

resulting wine is a thick

sweet liquid gold.

Never made in large

quantities and never to be drunk in large measures either, enjoy

Vallonné’s Vin de Passerlliage absolutely chilled with a dessert, or just by

itself and call it dessert!

Price: Rs 810 per 37 5 ml bottle in Mumbai, Goa and Pune.

From the sparkling to the sweet, Indian wines have come a long way , and

there’s even further to go. Until then, here’s a quick tip – when buy ing an

Indian wine, pick wines from the last two to three y ears as opposed to

older v intages. Salut!

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