Ashwini Patil nee Avate
 Ashwini Patil Navate hails from Pune in Maharashtra which has seen a phenomenal growth of wine consumption recently, jumping to 90,000 liters in April-July 2007 from 55,000 litres in the same period in 2006, registering a growth of 62%.
Besides her mother tongue Marathi and the ‘national’ languages Hindi and English she is fluent in French (pre-requirement of the course) and German. She has also been learning Italian and has a good knowledge of Creole from Mauritius.
She has travelled extensively and trekked across India and in the Alps. She has been part of expeditions to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. She also Back-packed across Europe: Switzerland, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Morocco and Mauritius. She has also attended successfully a scuba diving camp, off the coast of Lakshadweep Islands.
Our young bachelor wine enthusiast readers might be disappointed to know that the young lady is already married to Lt Commander Satyajeet Avate, a Naval officer based in Pune.
Green Thumb
 After her return, armed with the International Vintage Masters from the French University, Ashwini is all set to catapult into the Indian and international wine scene. With the vast experience in different trades for almost a decade, she is ready to take on the challenges of wine industry.
Awate already has a couple of good job offers from multinationals but she plans to set up a women's wine cooperative to benefit women's labour force involved in this industry. She is also in the process of setting up her own wine import venture, ‘Green Thumb Wines’ which will have a wide portfolio of international wines of good quality.
She insists that ‘the ever increasing Indian wine market should get their price's worth, as often some cheap Europe wines are circulated as the best! I am also keen on sharing my experiences of visiting wineries across Europe on small screen.
Ashwini Avate might be green so far as the business experience goes but for her education, vision and enthusiasm she gets our thumbs up.
Subhash Arora
July 17, 2008
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