Join today
The Taste of India
an introductory course to
The
Wines of India
Thank you
for your interest in The Taste of
India, the digital wine destination where you can delve into the exciting
world of Indian wines.
Here you
will explore a wide selection of wines from the comfort of your home, watching
videos and reading about the wine regions of India and beyond, discovering grape
varieties, and understanding wine styles.
This is fully digital platform, easy to access no matter where you live. It has
been designed for you to thoroughly experience the recommended wine samples,
which are all readily available across most states of India.
You do not need any previous education or qualification in the science of wine,
just a bag of enthusiasm. After purchasing samples of the wines selected for
you, make some free time and get set to enjoy your journey of discovery as I take
you through a no-nonsense, jargon-free series of workshops.
The Taste of
India is brought to you by The Wines of India, the ultimate digital
guide to Indian wines: www.thewinesofindia.com.
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wine lovers, novices and aficionados alike
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hospitality professionals, to improve their understanding and skills in wine communication
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hospitality students, to guide their first steps into the world of wine
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the curious, who would enjoy this journey of discovery
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Chapter 1 - Learn the Art of Wine Tasting
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Chapter 2 - Bubbles & Fizz: Indian Sparkling Wines
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Chapter 3 - Classic Indian White Wines
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Chapter 4 - Classic Indian Rosé Wines
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Chapter 5 - Classic Indian Red Wines
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You will need to purchase the below list of wines to fully benefit from this digital wine course:
Each chapter closes with self-assessment, so you can test how much you have learnt as you progress in the course. Once you have completed all chapters, you will earn your very own certificate of completion.
The total cost of the course is made up from two elements: purchasing the course on this website and buying the recommended wine samples.
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Wine is so
much more than an alcoholic drink. Here are five reasons why you should join The
Taste of India, an introductory
course to Indian wines:
to explore Indian wines
This five-part course will lead you through the most important wine
regions of India and introduce you to its noted producers.
to learn wine tasting
As an indispensable guide to your first steps in wine tasting, this course will hone your tasting skills.
to immerse yourself
in tastes and aromas
With more than 20 wines sampled in this course, you will enjoy an abundance of aromas and flavours.
to discover producers
As the course progresses, you will meet different producers and learn their stories.
to understand grape
varieties and wine styles
The course highlights key grape varieties and wine styles, focusing on sparkling, white, rosé and red wines.
Meet
your tutor:
Peter Csizmadia-Honigh
Peter is a
Hungarian-British wine writer, educator and competition judge, who lives in the
UK. A regular visitor to India as well as other wine countries across the
globe, he is the author of The Wines of India, a Concise Guide, an OIV
Award-winning title of The Press Publishing, for which he has been featured on BBC
World News and in The Hindustan Times.
As a
competition judge, he works with Decanter World Wine Awards, where he is a
senior member of the Asia panel with particular expertise in Indian wines as
well as extensive experience in Japanese and Chinese wines. Earlier, Peter was
a judge for the International Wine & Spirit Competition in the UK and South
Africa.
With a
diploma from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust, Peter is a WSET-approved
educator and teaches his own wine classes. He has been a certified sherry
educator in Jerez, Spain (2011), and has collaborated with the International
Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) in India to share his knowledge with
students. Whilst he is the world’s leading authority on Indian wines, Peter has
an approachable style and a great passion to communicate about wine, writing
regular reviews on the wines of Bordeaux, Chianti and Germany as well.
A graduate
from the University of Budapest in English literature, economics and pedagogy,
Peter joined the UK wine trade in 2005 and worked as the education manager of
the Institute of Masters of Wine until 2014. From 2007 to 2022, he ran Royal
Somló Vineyards in Hungary. Now, having completed an LLM with distinction in
labour law and corporate governance from the University of Bristol, he has
moved to corporate life, and is currently head of human resources for Tetra Pak
in the UK, Ireland and Benelux. He spends most of his free time writing a
second, fully digital edition of The Wines of India: www.thewinesofindia.com
