European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tette their own country. Bombay bubbly tickles Champagne lovers fancy by Denholm 6ahnetson United press International Dom Perignon look out Moel and Rench Champagne the Symbol of h i Inni i living has found a competitor from an unlikely part of the world India. Tho locals Call in Bombay bubbly but Champagne India Ltd in Naraya Gaon has surprised wine connoisseurs with its version of the French Delight Erma Bombeck produced in cooperation with Piper Erdsieck. One of Franco s leading Champagne makers. The wine has surpassed the French original in Blind i slings and is being imbibed eagerly by Consumers from Sweden to Singapore. Made by the traditional Ucol Hod Champenois under the supervision of French experts the sparkling wine cannot be sold As Champagne because european Community Laws prohibit the use of the word Lor any wine grown outs do the Champagne Region of Northeast France putting India on the wine map of the world has been the dream of Sham Chou Gule. A 46-year-old som made millionaire and head i to giant windage Industrial group. In 1d02 Choug ulc persuaded Piper Heidsieck to Send its experts to India Atter nearly two years of studying soil water spa Graphy and Climaco a Uund i to country Llic experts found a is i on the slopes of Sah Yadu Hilts near Naray Angoon. 80 Milos Wiist of Bombay capable of producing grapes to make goad Champagne Piper acid seek which receives an undisclosed Royall y for each Bollo sold supplied the technical expertise including one of their own wine masters last year Champagne India an windage s Job i 1 3ry. Exported More than 300,000 bottles of its Marquise do Pompadour and the drier Omar Khayyam sparkling wine mostly to Europe. Company directors predict that figure will grow to 500,000 Nert year Nurt me1/eventually pin to produce 2 million bottles annually despite initial obstacles it was a remarkably hard task to promote Indian Champagne to a discerning said Shailendra Pai marketing manager Lor Champagne India. But once they taste our product Hoy arc surprised that this Hind of wino can to produced in european reviewers have haded the Indian wine As excellent the Surprise wine of the year and a pleasant refreshing wine of Marquise de Pompadour also won a Bronze medal Lor i he past two years at the International wine and spirit Competition in London. Company executives said they arc negotiating to sell their product in the United states and have ambitiously targeted California one of the Premier wine producing areas of the world As one of ils main . Markets. Each bottle contains 30 percent Chandonnay wine imported from France but winery manager Abhay Kewa Karsadi he Hopes that by 1990 the product will to made entirely irom locally grown chardonnay and uni Blanc grapes cuttings of which were brought from France. Moreover he said the company has successfully produced a test Batch of cabernet saw tenon. Which it Hopes to Market by Noel year no one knew it was possible to make Good wine Here because there is no wine tradition in India said Kewa Kar a chemical Engineer who studied wine making in France. Now we Are proving thai you can make Quality wine in India and other companies May try to do the same he said. Kewa Kar said India which until now has produced Only undistinguished table wines Lor local consumption has some advantages Over the More established wine producing nations. In France in they have a Rainy cold spell Twy May have to crush the grapes Early when the acid Conlen May not be Pertell to avoid bold Antis he said. We Don t have that problem since there Are no cold spells so we can have a Vintage year every year although the rest of the world can enjoy whal is known locally As Bombay bubbly most indians Are unlikely Ever to taste the product in their own country. In order to gain a government License to import everything rom vats to bottles and corks. Champagne India agreed to be a 100 percent Export company. In India Only live Star Holets with an liquor import permit can sell the product the winery even has a resident customs inspector to Check that bottles Are not being taken out Lor local consumption. It we want to celebrate Here said senior executive Ranjeet Deshmukh we have to buy Moet and when i was first married my husband brought to the Union a car that immediately began to Dale borate on the passenger Side first. 1 was the Windshield wiper. Ii went Back and fax in. But on my Side it did t touch the Glass. My husband said it s not important you re not driving so you Don t have to see anyway later not Only my Heater went but my window stuck and would l go up or Down. It came As Little Suipi ise thai another Cai smashed in the door on my Side forcing me to slide Over and a it on the Driver s Side in get a welder each time i Waneta m or out the Spang in the Glove comp ariment eventually sprung and the least motion would bring the lid Down Mlo my Lap. Sending maps everywhere. I existed m this automotive graveyard Lor five years then one Day i climbed in the car and it was like a Miracle my Side was born again it had been restored soil s original condition when i asked my husband Why. To sad he had a buyer for the Ca and before he showed it. He wanted to Page 16 the stars and stripes get everything fixed. And so it has always been we lived for years with a Lawn Mower with Blades so stalled when you got it off i he sidewalk and Hil a Blado of grass we had it sharpened just before we sold it. You could always Tell when we were having a garage Sale. My husband would be out in the garage Hall the night rewiring All the lamps we were discarding. He said he could t sleep nights if he thought someone was going to get Hurt using them we have never sold a House in our entire byes thai he did not spend months bringing up to code f Anil cans appear and fumes permeate the House. For the dust time in years we no longer have to take the Backo i he commode and lilt the plunger until it fills up. He Calls a plumber bulbs in the porch ight reappear we the Doorbell out of order sign disappears screens Wilh holes m them go away and new ones take their place. The Mudd pain Inal leads from the Dave Way to the garbage cans is taped Ott saturday november 14,1987 and sprouting new grass. We insulate the attic put a fresh coat of Black top on the driveway and Plant geraniums in the window boxes. He weatherstrip the doors Ai j dispenses washers to Leaky Tau cols gee Liee Candy the bitter irony in that we could have enjoyed All these improvements while we were putting them off a couple of weeks ago he turned to me in a moment of generosity and said. Weren l you going to have some cosmetic denial work done yeah but it s not crucial go ahead he said and feat yourself Ida new hairstyle. You re always saying How bored you Are with this i Sal there stunned As he continued and tue you re at it you might As Welt get yourself some new clothes maybe a couple of those new he s got a buyer Tor me i know it
