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Australia’s highest selling iconic beer brand – Victoria Bitter, or more fondly known as ‘VB’ was launched in New Delhi today by The Australian Trade Commission, the trade and investment promotion agency of the Australian Government.

VB was launched at a function on 20 January 2010 in a lead-up to the Australia Day celebrations in New Delhi.

VB – The Beer Australia’s favourite beer, VB has a history dating back to 1850s. VB is an Australian beer with the highest market share of all beer sold in Australia having held this dominant position for the last 20 years. It is brewed by Carlton & United Breweries, a subsidiary of Foster's Group.

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VB was launched at a function on 20 January 2010 in a lead-up to the Australia Day celebrations in New Delhi. VB – The Beer Australia’s favourite beer, VB has a history dating back to 1850s. VB is an Australian beer with the highest market share of all beer sold in Australia having held this dominant position for the last 20 years. It is brewed by Carlton & United Breweries, a subsidiary of Foster’s Group.

VB is the classic Australian lager, clean and crisp in taste. Its quality starts in the hop and barley fields, with Australia’s finest producers contributing their crop to VB. More Australian hops and barley go into VB than any other beer. VB in India In India VB will be available in 375 ml bottles and cans. VB is targeted at the younger audience in India and it will initially be available in NCR in Gurgaon, Faridabad & New Delhi followed by Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Mumbai, Goa, Chennai and Kerala targeting five-star hotels and A-class restaurants. Pearls Wines New Delhi based Pearls Wines will import & distribute VB beer in India.

Pearls Wines, a division of PGF Limited has been importing and distributing a range of Australian and other foreign liquors in and across India. Pearls Wines imports Rock Energy Drink, Ignite Vodka and drinks, Multivitamin Mineral Water. The Pearls group have established beverage (wine and energy drink) distribution channels throughout India and have partnerships with key hospitality and specialist retailers across India.

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Aspri Spirits, an importer and distributor of premium international wines and spirits, is planning to bring in several international brands in India from April onwards this year.

The company without divulging the names of the brands said that it would add Spanish wines and brown spirits or whiskey to its brand portfolio. It is also looking to tie-up with a major liqueur manufacturer in 2010.

“We are in final talks with four-five major international companies for distributions of several of their brands in India,” said Arun Kumar, director of Aspri Spirits. “These brands will be introduced in the country from April onwards,” he added.

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In this atlas, good wines are produced along two belts on either side of the equator, roughly between the 30th and 50th parallel. France, Italy, Spain, California and Oregon fall in the Northern band and the Southern swathe accommodates most of the new world by including South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and the wine growing areas in Argentina and Chile. This latitudinal hypothesis presumes that wine quality is dependent on geography, and not, by implication, on terroir (microclimatic conditions) alone.

It is true that all great winemaking regions fall between the two parallels. But, does this make the hypothesis that good wine cannot be produced outside these latitudes correct? Like all grand theories, I suspect this one overstates its case. There can be no argument about the fact that the broad climatic conditions in these belts have made it suitable for viticulture. But good wines can — and are — made outside them.

I experienced one exception to the latitudinal theory a couple of months ago during a visit to Brazil. My hostess was keen on making a point about the quality of Brazilian Cabernet Sauvignon blends after I reacted indifferently, and possibly, somewhat impolitely, to a bottle I was served up. During the next lunch, she ordered a couple of impeccable Bordeaux-style reds, which were seamlessly integrated with ripe tannins, and which would have held their own on any table in the world. Brazil's wine regions are spread far and wide; interestingly, one of them, the Vale de Sao Fransciso, is just nine degrees south of the equator.

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