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Sommelier India is being mailed out to subscribers as we speak. This issue clocks in at 78 pages as a food and wine special. Brinda Gill interviews Camellia Punjabi of Taj Hotels, Sommelier Lindsay Groves offers guidelines for food and wine pairings while Raghu Bahadur comments on pairing wine with Indian food. Also, don't miss Soni Sangwan's chat with Executive Chef Manisha Bhasin of the ITC Maurya as she comes away with some valuable insights. Restaurants reviewed include Graze (Bangalore), Dum Pukht (New Delhi), Sen5es (Pune) and Le Cirque (New Delhi).

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Finally, wine makers across the state are grinning from ear to ear. Thanks to rising sales after a lull of three years, the cellars are finally ridding themselves of surplus stock that have been lying there for years. In 2011, manufactures have managed to sell about 70 lakh litres, which had been left over from last year's 2.5 crore litres stock.

This is good news for the state's wine industry, which has been witnessing a prolonged slump in the past three years, during which more than 40 per cent of the local wineries have shut down, with farmers choosing to grow ordinary table grapes. Currently, only about 5,000 acres of land in the state is under grape cultivation.

Speaking to MiD DAY, Prashant Sankpal, managing director of Sangli-based Ritza Wines and a member of the All India Wine Producers' Association (AIWPA), said, "Thanks to the marketing strategies adopted by several wine makers, many were able to release their excess stock. Of the 2.52 crore litres of the surplus wine in the state, nearly 70 lakh litres has been sold this year, which is a good sign for the industry. Last year, 30 per cent less grapes than the usual quantity were crushed, thanks to which there was less surplus stock." Sankpal also revealed that by the end of this financial year, wine makers would be going international to promote Indian wines.

As reported by MiD DAY ( 'Fly the friendly skies with Indian wines' , September 7), wine makers are already in talks with the Civil Aviation Ministry to allow the sale of Indian-made wines on international flights on a three-month trial basis. Besides, wine makers are also in talks with embassies and the defence sector, trying to rope them in to promote Indian wines.

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Barely three years after the grape-growing region of Maharashtra went wine crazy -- even ordinary farmers were supposedly sipping cabernet, it appeared -- more than 40 percent of local wineries have shut down and local farmers have gone back to growing ordinary table grapes, the Indian Express reports.

Almost all newly established wineries were owned by rich farmers from Nashik and Pune districts who had little or no knowledge about marketing. They had made a foray into the business with the aim to avail the benefits of government subsidies and make the most of the ‘wine boom’.

Almost all newly established wineries were owned by rich farmers from Nashik and Pune districts who had little or no knowledge about marketing. They had made a foray into the business with the aim to avail the benefits of government subsidies and make the most of the ‘wine boom’. “Government assisted in setting up the wineries, it assisted in production, but gave no assistance in marketing. With increased number of wineries. the production exceeded the demand in the state. The consequence, obviously, was a glut,” said Mahindra Shahir, president, Maharashtra Grape Growers’ Association.

There are several hindrances. Firstly, Indian wine cannot compete at the international level and has a limited domestic market. In India, though wine-culture is slowly catching up, the per capita consumption of wine remains dismal, at 9 ml per person, as compared to 25 litres in the US and 20 litres in Australia.

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Barely three years after the grape-growing region of Maharashtra went wine crazy -- even ordinary farmers were supposedly sipping cabernet, it appeared -- more than 40 percent of local wineries have shut down and local farmers have gone back to growing ordinary table grapes, the Indian Express reports .

To be honest, many local wines were virtually undrinkable, but local farmers insist that wasn't the only problem, according to the Express.

Almost all newly established wineries were owned by rich farmers from Nashik and Pune districts who had little or no knowledge about marketing. They had made a foray into the business with the aim to avail the benefits of government subsidies and make the most of the ‘wine boom’.

Almost all newly established wineries were owned by rich farmers from Nashik and Pune districts who had little or no knowledge about marketing. They had made a foray into the business with the aim to avail the benefits of government subsidies and make the most of the ‘wine boom’. “Government assisted in setting up the wineries, it assisted in production, but gave no assistance in marketing. With increased number of wineries. the production exceeded the demand in the state. The consequence, obviously, was a glut,” said Mahindra Shahir, president, Maharashtra Grape Growers’ Association.

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