KLE Society's College of Business Administration (CBA) is conducting the wine fest, in association with the Karnataka Wine Board, Bangalore, the department of horticulture, the University of Horticulture Science, Bagalkot, and the University of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad, at Hotel Dennison's in the city, according to Press Reports.
The conference touted as the National- level Conference, aims at bringing grape growers, industrialists, experts, scientists, wine lovers and other stakeholders on a single platform.. The development of the wine industry as well as opportunities and challenges in the Indian wine Industry will be deliberated.
During the course of the three-day fest, a highly ambitious number of more than 70 research papers and 9 technical sessions will be reportedly presented and will be the highlight with the sole objective of educating the grape growers. Bijapur, Bagalkot, Belgaum, Koppal and Gulbarga districts come under this grape growing belt. Prof Vinayak S Hosamani, organizing secretary of the fest, reportedly said that the conference would be “to encourage farmers and industrialists and to throw light on the growing industry in the region."
Experts will address issues related to marketing, finance, wastage, export and business opportunities.
Besides, participants can learn about the health benefits of consuming wine in limited quantities. Prof Anand M Waddin, organizing coordinator and principal of KLE CBA, said presentations of research papers will help grape growers as well as the wine industry to cope with the increasing demand for wine. He explained that the conference will also help with the development of the wine industry in the region.
The report says that the wine exhibition will see 30 stalls from 15 wineries which have not been announced yet. Although it does not specify the participating wineries, none of the four principal wine companies contacted by delWine, are participating in the fest. These ‘mainstream’ wineries knew about the event but were not willing or able to spread their limited resources thin. The general impression has been that the smaller, local wineries around the area have perhaps been roped in to partake.
One sincerely hopes the focus of wine display and tastings is not on the fortified wines which were in the limelight during the fest at Bangalore a few weeks ago. It would be counter- productive and unfortunate if the Karnataka Wine Board is perceived to promote the fortified wines which are a part of the concoction made out of spirits like, gin and vodka when mixed in equal parts.
DelWine could not get in touch with the organizers but it is an ambitious yet laudable effort to promote wine awareness in the State. We would be very happy to publish some pictures of the event, the people attending it, the details of the 70 papers presented at the conference and the most importantly details of the wineries taking part and the wines tasted if we could lay our hands to some such information.
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