In his column for The Financial Express, Yatin Patil of Vintage Wines has some tips for the government: "I t would help if the MRP of liquor is made uniform across the country, and there is consensus among states to bring about a uniform duty structure under four heads—excise & countervailing...

Australian wine technologist Diana Davidson has expressed concerns over Indian wine not meeting international standards and predicted that wine-makers from China, Argentina, Chile and South Africa could easily wipe out Indian wine from the international market. Speaking at a workshop organised for farmers...

Mumbai, August 16, 2008: Finewinesnmore the country’s leading marketer and distributor for premium imported wines, spirits and beverages has added its first domestic wine label to its elaborate portfolio. The tie up with leading domestic wine producer Chateau D’Ori will permit Finewinesnmore the marketing...

With an aim to boost the wine industry in the country, the Central government has set up a National Wine Board (NWB) and an ad hoc committee to govern its work. The decision to this effect was taken at a recently-held meeting, with Rahul Sarin, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries. The Board...

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The number of importers has increased from about 35 a couple of years ago to nearly 80, servicing the foreign wine market which touched 220,000 of 9-liter cases in 2007-08 and is expanding at over 30% a year despite the sudden and frequently encountered speed-breakers. Indian Wine Academy conducted an...

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Note: The following are the information provided by the Karnataka Wine Board. Karnataka is one of the important states growing different wine varieties of Grapes. In Karnataka, the important Grape growing districts are considered as Nandi Valley and Krishna Valley. Grape cultivation requires heavy investment...

"India is like the last frontier; it has the capability to be the biggest wine market on the planet in volume.": Craig Wedge Although advertising alcohol is forbidden in India, wine gets disproportionate media space, where it is portrayed as a low-alcohol, healthy beverage with a certain cachet...

The Karnataka government is to implement its new wine policy in the state from August 1. While proposing to ease the rules and reduce the licence fees for setting up new wineries and “wine taverns”, the government has simultaneously sought to increase the cost of importing wines from outside the state...