And thanks to incredible Indian excise rules on imported wine, that seem to defy every attempt by the WTO to rein them in, unless you are loaded or working for a liquor company the chances are that you will have to do the toasting in Indian wine.

The good news is that this is no longer going to be as hard or as expensive as it once was. The big breakthrough of 2007, I think, was the amount of fairly drinkable Indian wine that has started coming into the market, some of it even at affordable rates

This is not to say that these grapes are always grown or picked in the right way, but at least the fact that they are genuine wine varietals like shiraz or chenin blanc seems to raise the bar a bit. The prices still tend to be high for the really good stuff, in the Rs600+ range (all prices here are for Mumbai), but decent stuff can also be found in the Rs400-550 range.

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