Cav. Subhash Arora, President of Indian Wine Academy and Editor of
India’s first online wine and food eNewsletter delWine, has been
nominated for the journalist excellence award as the ‘Best
International Journalist’ by the Committee of Grandi Cru d’Italia, a
premier Association of Italian producers, for third year in
succession, writes Natasha Vohra.
 Assistant Editor of delWine
Cav. Arora was informed about the nomination through a message from the
office of the Comitato Grandi Cru d’Italia, ‘On behalf of Mr Vittorio
Frescobaldi and Mr Paolo Panerai, I have the pleasure to inform you
that you received the nomination for the journalistic prize assigned
by the Comitato Grandi Cru d’Italia, for the category: Best
International Journalist.’‘The winner's proclamation, among those who got the nomination, will
take place during the gala dinner that the Committee has organized on
the occasion of the 46th edition of Vinitaly in Verona, on Tuesday
the 27thof March, at Palazzo della Ragione in Cortile Mercato
Vecchio.’
Cavaliere Subhash Arora who has been conferred the title of Cavaliere
for promoting Indo-Italian culture by helping the promotion of Italian
wines in India in 2009 by the President of Italy, has been nominated
for the award for the 3rd consecutive year. The website www.Indianwineacademy.com of which he is the editor and main content
provider, was voted as the Best Website 2011 last year, against stiff
competition.
‘I am obviously elated by the nomination and that too for the third
time. I know there are several fine international journalists who are
specialists in Italian wines and are quite formidable contenders. But
to me, it is an honour, and an achievement and a recognition of my
commitment to promotion of wine as a healthy lifestyle drink. It is
also recognition of India being perceived as an important market,’
says Arora who is on his way to Florence to promote wine tourism from
India to Tuscany.
Nine journalists from the international community are nominated for
this singular honour. Four are short-listed for the final award at the
gala dinner. Last year’s award went to Bettane et Dessauve (Le Grand
Guide des Vins de France). Michel Bettane is the top journalist from
France and brings out the most recognized annual wine guide.
Grandi Cru d’Italia is an exclusive organization of producers which
was formed in 2006 with 12 charter members who had for at least 20
years been producing wines of excellent quality accepted by critics
and the market and which have won significant awards and recognitions
by the most authoritative wine guides and magazines. It has currently
130 such producers as members of the Association.
Cavaliere Arora was also awarded ‘Mérite de l’OIV 2011’, bestowed by
the Paris by International Organization of Vines and Wines on 4 wine
personalities of the world who have excelled in the promotion of wine
globally. He is the only Indian to have been awarded this rare
recognition.
Natasha Vohra
For details on the organization visit www.grandicruditalia.it
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