No. 666: : September 30, 2015

Assistant Editor : Natasha Vohra

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Blog: Target Lowering Age to 21 for Liquor 18 for Wine
Sep 25: The statement by the AAP Tourism Minister supporting the age old demand of reducing the legal drinking age from 25 years to 21 years, at a recent meet of restaurant owners in Delhi, may have been his personal opinion, but made on a public platform it shows the progressiveness of his party. I feel that the age should be reduced to 21 years for liquor and 18 years for wine and beer for various reasons although it may be politically pragmatic to

DWC Dinner #246: Launch of Lavaash with Mud House and Kumala Wines
Sep 30: It was a moment of pride for members of the Delhi Wine Club as the recently opened Armenian Restaurant by the well known Chef Sabyasachi Gorai near Qutab Mehrauli was formally launched at the wine dinner last Sunday, matched by the launch of two new labels from Accolade Wines-Mud House (NZ) and Kumala (S Africa), making the evening historical and unique, writes Subhash Arora, who steered the Club towards the unique evening to make

Top Ten Importers 2014-15: Pernod Pips Brindco to the Post
Sep 30: Pernod Ricard has overtaken Brindco as the Top Ten importers of India for 2013-14,thanks to the continued growth of Jacobs Creek wines and Brindco’s strategy to focus on value, despite the former’s wines stuck for months awaiting clearance from the food safety watchdog FSSAI which allegedly resulted in sales reduction by about 10-15% when they had expected to increase by 15-20%, resulting in a drop of 25% of the targets, writes Subhash Arora

Fratelli Takeover Deal of Frinewinesnmore off
Sep 26: Although the rumours refuse to die down in the market with most people believing it is fait accompli, the takeover of Frinewinesnmore as envisaged by Fratelli has been called off by Dharti Desai, the founder of the import firm though she confirms that the strategic alliance formed between the two a few months ago would continue, with her focus now on only Retail and direct B2C marketing, writes Subhash Arora who had a long chat with her and

Accolade Adds Anakena to its Wine Necklace
Sep 28: After acquiring Barossa-based Grant Burge Wines earlier this year, Accolade Wines has added Chile’s Viña Anakena to its portfolio and will launch the brand to the travel retail market at TFWA World Exhibition (Duty Free travel retail) in Cannes on October 18-23, thus becoming Australia’s first company to have a presence in all major New World wine regions exporting premium, commercial and value wines. With wineries already available from

View Point: Late Closing of Restaurant good for Tourism & Wines
Sep 30: A positive response from the Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra yesterday in support of restaurants remaining open beyond the current deadline of 1am will not only bring Delhi closer to being a tourism city once again but shows that the AAP government is interested in making a world-class city and though no mention is made in his speech, wine would implicit be a direct beneficiary of the proposal and will help spread the wine culture

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