In a first for the wine industry in India, four international big names have been named judges for the India Wine Awards 2018 in the category of Excellence in Restaurant Wine Programme. The four Masters of Wines or MWs, which is the highest qualification a wine expert can attain, will be judging this category which includes wine list from the tops restaurants and hotels in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru. The judges will be looking at restaurants whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cuisine and appeal to a wide range of wine consumers.
Ruma Singh interviews one of the judges, Richard Hemming MW of the UK on what a good wine list should contain, and how to popularize wine in India in
INDIA WINE AWARDS 2018: MASTERS OF WINE IN THE MIX

Read this fascinating, informative article in rumasingh.com, Between the Wines as exclusive curtain raisers for the prestigious India Wine Awards 2018.

About Ruma Singh
Ruma Singh is a former full-time journalist turned wine writer and freelance wine columnist who writes on wine along with spirits and other beverages, food, travel and lifestyle subjects. With her special focus on wine writing, Ruma has qualified in the specialized WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust, London), passing the Advanced Level 3 with distinction.

She blogs about wine, along with food and travel on her dedicated wine website, Between The Wines at http://rumasingh.com/. Between The Wines has been named one of The Top 100 Wine Websites to Follow on the Internet since 2016. Ruma writes for several other noted publications and websites, national and international, and promotes the cause of wine and wine education in India.
She is one of only 2 Indian wine journalists who is a member of the exclusive Circle of Wine Writers, UK which is a group of the topmost wine journalists in the world.