No. 654: : July 02, 2015

Assistant Editor : Natasha Vohra

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Blog: Online Wine Sales not likely in India
July 02: Although there has been a sea-change in the retailing of wines in India with many stores and supermarkets storing bigger variety in air-conditioned space, allowing online sales may open up the market with simplified ordering on FlipKart and Snapdeal type online shops, but thanks to a myriad of existing laws on the sale of alcoholic products it is unlikely to happen in India for several years at least. I get regular enquiries from people in India and

VAT Bomb may hit Wine Market in Delhi
June 30: Third month into the Fiscal year 2015-6 the excise and tax policy of Delhi has still not been announced but during the ongoing Assembly session, the government has sought to raise the VAT from the current 20% to 30% on 11 items including wine and liquor, which might result in a substantial increase in the costs that will directly impact the wine consumption and may have a crippling effect. Last year as the AAP Government took over, there were

WOW 2015: Kiran Patil of Vintage Wines
July 01: Kiran Patil may have the designation of only Director Sales and Marketing of Vintage Wines known for its Reveilo labels but she is also one of the primary driving forces behind the sustenance and growth of the family owned winery with own vineyards near Nephad in Nashik, committed to producing quality wines and creating a Brand, writes Subhash Arora. A management graduate, she worked for 4 years with K. Raheja Constructions and another

View Point: New FSSAI Chapter to open with Draft Regulations
July 02: The Draft Regulation expected in two months to clarify the standards and regulations including the thus-far vague labelling requirements by FSSAI, will have a new Chapter listing acceptable levels of toxic metals as announced for the food products on June 24, making the importers and wine producers go in a tizzy again, thanks in part to the Maggie mess even as the UK Safety Authority has found the noodles from Nestle safe to eat and

Accolade Wines pushes Hardys through Cricket
July 01: Competition between Accolade Wines and Pernod Ricard seems to be heating up with the former announcing a £4 million campaign for its leading Australian wine brand Hardys to coincide with its sponsorship of the English and Australian cricket teams ahead of the Ashes test matches with Australia in the UK and with the Indian distributors Sula Selections also leveraging Hardys’ association with Cricket in India, says Subhash Arora

Wine Headaches through Sulphites and their Removal
July 02: A chance posting by a member of the Facebook closed group of Indian Wine Academy talked about a US company developing a filter pod that looks like a sieve and instantly removed sulphites, that made me sit up and do some research on the Net, writes Subhash Arora who came across an interesting article that re-affirms that sulphites cause no headaches but people extremely sensitive to them can simply use a few drops of Hydrogen Peroxide

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