Ep 68: Wines of India with Indians only Master of Wine Sonal Holland (Part 2)
EAT SLEEP WINE REPEAT: A Wine Podcast Exploring Wine Regions, Grapes & Education
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This episode I am talking with the first and only Master of Wine from India: Sonal Holland MW for Part 2. This episode is very much about getting to know about the wine being made in India; the styles, the grapes and the main wine regions.
If you want to skip ahead:
2.25 Most Popular white grape varieties
2.55 The story of Chenin Blanc in India
3.45 The Best reds growing in India
4.02 The wine capital Nashik
5.12 Other wine regions and fruit growing
6.10 Travelling to Nashik
7.16 Vallonné Vineyards
9.23 Tasting the Vallonné Anokhee Chenin Blanc 2018 (£26 Wine Monkey) and talking about Chenin Blanc in India
12.44 Pairing food with Chenin Blanc
13.45 Temperature and topography of Nashik
14.51 Harvesting the vineyards
18.06 The styles of red wine in India
19.37 Tasting the Charosa Reserve Tempranillo 2016 (£30 Wine Monkey) and talking about Tempranillo
21.39 Alcohol levels in Indian wine
23.26 Screw caps V Cork
25.46 Food Pairings for Tempranillo
26.53 Other red varieties
28.01 Percentage of imported wine V domestic wine
28.21 The future of Indian wine
If you want to follow Sonal Holland you can find her on Instagram or on Youtube.
Special thanks to Wines in India who not only sent us the wines we tried, but are the ones who are importing some of the delicious wines of India into the UK.
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Until next time, Cheers to you!