Sula, which has a 70 percent share of India’s wine market, is using the vineyard visits to this end. The company says 600 to 700 day-trippers or resort guests drop by each weekend for a tour, a meal or a drink on the balcony bar. The mixed clientele on a recent Saturday suggested that wine’s appeal is...

Into a very niche profession of a sommelier or a wine taster, Sovna Puri is at present the marketing head of tasting and training at Sula Vineyards. She is also working as an educator of wines and conducts courses run by UK-based WSET, in Mumbai. Puri finds a certain curiosity factor around this drink...

Grapevines enjoy a winterless wonderland in the tropical wine country of India. That is, they would enjoy it if their keepers didn’t induce the dormancy of the deciduous vines by hacking them down each spring. “See you after the monsoon,” says the farmer to his stumped vines, and he walks away with his...

A leopard was spotted in Sula vineyards late in the evening on Saturday following which a panchnama was done but only on Monday morning. The leopard that has been spotted in the vicinity in the past few years, is known to have done no harm to human beings neither has it destroyed fields nearby. "The...

Cognac is a top variety of grape brandy originating from the Cognac region of France. Luxury cognac maker Remy Cointreau looks to start local bottling of brandies, uncorking India-specific brands, for a bigger consumption story in one of the fastest growing spirits markets. French drinks giant Remy Cointreau...

The Maharashtra government is planning a tourism makeover for the state in order to promote it as India’s first Wine Tourism destination. Many measures as part of this master plan, including the opening of wine bars and cafes at tourist spots, and state-run luxury trains and resorts, were announced by...

The merger of the Bangalore-based Grover Vineyards and Nashik-based Vallee de Vin has now created the second largest Vintner by the name of Grover Zampa Vineyards with a valuation of Rs 100 crore. The first is Sula Vineyards. The merger would help the company gain some traction in India’s largest wine...

The strongest reason put forth for the rise of wine consumption in India is the aspirational value of wine consumption. Believe what you will but the numbers don't lie: Recent reports peg the growth of the wine industry in India at 35% and the value is tipped to reach $500 million by the end of the...

Italian chefs Natascia and Cristian Santandrea are hosting a wine and food pairing festival in the city, at Alto Vino, the Italian restaurant at Pune Marriott Hotel & Convention Centrevtill 11 February 2012. Natascia is a chef as well as sommelier. At their family restaurant - la Tenda Rossa - in...

York Winery plans to build 25 rooms at its winery to promote wine tourism in its premises in Nashik, Maharashtra. York Winery just concluded the second edition of a day-long wine and music event, York Live, which featured musicians across a variety of new age genres and registered an attendance of around...