No. 593 : : March 19, 2014

Assistant Editor : Natasha Vohra

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Blog: Vinexpo IWSR Study Confusing and Confounding
Mar 13: Xavier de Eizaguirre, Chairman and Guillaume Deglise, the newly appointed CEO of Vinexpo, were in India last week on the traditional visit when they released the Study conducted by International Wine & Spirit Research (IWSR), which is confusing and confounding as it claims Australia overtook France in wine imports in a total market of only 1.2 million cases including 280,000 cases of imported wines. Australia’s share of wine sales in India

Wines under resuscitation at the Delhi Duty Free
Mar 19: While the space hogged by liquor at the Delhi Duty Free (DDF) shops is expanding, the wine section seems to have contracted with no path-breaking marketing strategy in sight but increasing choice of labels and a few minor, insignificant offers are indicative of the vendors applying their mind and will hopefully influence sales in a positive way, writes Subhash Arora as he checked out the DDF on his way to Singapore yesterday. As you are about to

Sula starts Ascent of China
Mar 13: For wine producers throughout the world China has been an Eldorado for the last decade and many salivate at the thought of making it big in the lucrative but challenging markets of India and China. Sula Vineyards, the leading Indian producer has taken the first step into capturing the Chinese market that would be an uphill task for most Indian producers and has launched a wide range of wines at an exclusive dinner in Guangzhou. Cecilia Oldne, Sula

Tuscany Taste 2014: Sangiovese Rules the Noble Montepulciano
Mar 19: Chianti Classico is the best known wine producing area of Tuscany where Sangiovese is the king but Montepulciano and Montalcino are also known for good and even better quality and in two distinct categories though the grape is known under different names and clones, writes Subhash Arora who made the annual pilgrimage to both the cities last month at the Anteprime-tasting before release events. ‘Confuzione’ seems to be one buzz word

Sponsored Pro Cork Study seems Flawed
Mar 19: What was purported to be a market research study on wine closures recently was so unabashedly skewed and biased towards the promotion and use of cork as a closure vs. screwcaps that the Press Release by PRNewswire on March 11 apparently removed it mysteriously from the website within hours but not before another site uploaded it ust as delWine downloading it. According to the Press Release by PRNewswire.com a recent

Torres Becomes World’s Most Admired Wine Brand
Mar 19: After being a close contender for the top spot as World’s Most admired Brand, the Spanish family-owned brand Torres has snatched the title from last year’s winner Casillero del Diablo now pushed down to the second spot in the annual poll conducted by Drinks International amongst 200 wine professionals. The Chilean giant Concha y Toro, Casillero del Diablo remained a hot contender, but dropped one place to vacate the Top Spot. Despite

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