FINE Wine & Champagne India - Winter 2018

WRITERS
FINE WINE & CHAMPAGNE INDIA
Volume 8 Issue 4 Q4 2018
Editor
Rajiv Singhal
Publisher
Rajiv Singhal for Fine Publishing India Private Limited
Chief Executive
Ritu Singhal
Wine Manager
Radhika Puar
Bordeaux Correspondent
Ch’ng Poh Tiong
Acknowledgements
Gyula Pethő and Annamária Somogyi
Art & Creative
Sandeep Kaul
Photographs
Shivam Bhati
Administration
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Cover Photograph
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Rajiv Singhal
Rajiv Singhal is an entrepreneur who pioneered activities in the luxury sector in India. He studied
Economics at Yale, and since then has been simplifying access to the Indian market for international
clients. Among other path breaking initiatives, he helped set up the market for wine in India over the
last 20 years. Appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite by the President of France in 2014,
Rajiv is the Ambassador of Champagne to India and loves to challenge himself.
Ritu Singhal
Ritu Singhal is co-founder of New Delhi based Group Ritu, which has diverse interests in private equity,
marketing, consulting and publishing. She trained as a textile designer at Sophia Polytechnic in Bombay,
and experiments with new techniques on new media whenever she can. As voluntary work, she set up an
annual craft bazaar to empower women artisans. When not doting on her two teenaged boys, Ritu is up
for any gastronomic adventure.
Aishwarya Nair Mathew
Aishwarya Nair Mathew is Head – Corporate Food & Wine at Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
founded by her grandfather. Having graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York,
she is focussed on bringing a global offering of culinary arts to guests. She is intensely passionate about
fine wine and was felicitated with the Diplôme d’Honneur of the Corporation des Vignerons de
Champagne in 2008. Currently based in Singapore, Aishwarya is taking fashion to the next level with
her own label, Aligne.
Ch’ng Poh Tiong
Ch’ng Poh Tiong is a lawyer by training who has many decades of expertise as a consultant, judge,
writer and contributor in the wine space. Author of many books that have received international
acclaim, he specialises in Bordeaux. He studied Chinese Art at the School of Oriental & African
Studies in London and is an ambassador of the European Fine Art Foundation, Maastricht. Poh Tiong
plays the 7 string qin, the ancient Chinese instrument, and is happiest when he laughs together with
his daughter.
Stuart George
Stuart George is the founder of Vins Extraordinaires, through which he offers fine and rare wine
experiences and sales to private clients. He studied English and European literature at Warwick, holds
the WSET Diploma in Wine and Spirits since 2000 and was the UK Young Wine Writer of the Year in
2003. Privileged to have tasted vintages back to 1780, he contributes to many wine publications and
judges wine competitions. Based in London, Stuart plays the guitar and follows cricket in his free time.
Mary Kae Irvin
Mary Kae Irvin is a wine educator, cheerleader, and Ambassador for Ste Michelle Wine Estates. She's
an accomplished actor and voice talent with a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of
Washington. When not evangelizing wines or treading the boards, Ms. Lindsey enjoys quality time
with friends, has never met a stranger, is a lifetime work-in-progress and committed to changing the
world for the better-one glass at a time.
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