FINE Wine & Champagne India - Winter 2018

Chinaware has a very special connect for both of us.
Rajiv grew up dining in the finest from Great Britain
that would be elaborately laid out on the dining table
and Ritu received an enviable collection from her
mother-in-law. This might have been our inspiration
to create a market for luxury tableware in India, which
was hitherto non-existent, with Churchill China and
Villeroy & Boch. We must have done something right –
H.M. Queen Elizabeth II graced our launch on her last
state visit to New Delhi in 1997!
A few months later, we received a very special
invitation from Gyula and Annamária for the Hungarian
Table Choreographies – a unique dinner to showcase
the products and traditions of porcelain makers
alongside a cultural feast from Hungary – that was
laid out at the Residence of Hungary in New Delhi with
Judit Merkler-Szántó, Founder and Managing Director
of Art Around the Table with the help of Dr. Zoltan
Wilhelm, Director of the Hungarian Information and
Cultural Centre.
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