In retrospect, gentlemen like Michael Broadbent and Hugh Johnson were considered queer birds in England when they began writing about wine fifty years ago. Today, India is witnessing the genesis of a new era of wine consumption and a number of figures are in the starting gates to make their mark on the first generation of Indian wine drinkers.
As the only truly international publication for the wine industry, we introduce in this issue a new series revealing the major players in every major wine producing and consuming country. We begin here with the United Kingdom and will follow this piece with similar portraits of all of the world’s major wine markets.