{"id":16238,"date":"2024-09-25T23:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=16238"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T09:47:39","slug":"item_5_956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_5_956\/","title":{"rendered":"SulaFest back at Sula in February 2025 after 5-year Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16238\" class=\"elementor elementor-16238\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Posted: Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024 23:11<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9669605 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9669605\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b62f3ec\" data-id=\"b62f3ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e78f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0e78f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<h1 class=\"articlepagetitle_heading\">SulaFest back at Sula in February 2025 after 5-year Gap<\/h1>\n<div class=\"articlepageintroline\">Sep 25: SulaFest, India\u2019s iconic wine and music festival will make a grand comeback in February 2025 after a gap of 5 years. Though the exact dates have not been announced yet but historically it has always been held during the first weekend of February and if the common sense prevails the possible dates would be 1-2 February 2025 but the management might prefer second weekend instead for the relaunch due to practical reasons, writes Subhash Arora who has thoroughly enjoyed several editions.<\/div>\n<div class=\"articledata\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16239 alignleft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-300x225.webp\" alt=\"SulaFest back at Sula Vineyards in February 2025 after 5-year Gap\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It would be a case of \u2018Happy Days are here again, Let\u2019s Sing a song of Cheers again!\u2019 for around 30,000 people who may have attended one or more of SulaFest-a m\u00e9lange of good wine, good music and good vibes during various editions where up to 18,000 attended the event that gained more popularity with each edition, with people visiting from different parts of India and in the later years a spattering of even foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>Set against the beautiful backdrop around the amphitheater of the original vineyards developed on the land owned by the family of Rajeev Samant, founder and CEO of Sula Vineyards, the Fest will revive many romantic memories for the Gen Z generation and older people who visited the iconic event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_4_943\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">SulaFest is out but Sula charges ahead with Wine Tourism<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_2_889.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Walking in the Clouds at The Source at Sula Vineyards<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Historical background <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Started in 2008, Sulafest quickly became one of the most popular wine and music festivals in the country with many successful international bands chipping in along with the Indian chart toppers like <strong>Shankar Mahadevan,<\/strong> <strong>Lucky Ali <\/strong>and <strong>Kailash Kher<\/strong>. The usual 2-day festival was even extended to 3 days for its 10th anniversary in 2017 when a record estimated 16000-18000 people attended the fest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_851.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Sula: Wine Tourism Limping back in Nashik from July 10<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-pic-1.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16247\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-pic-1-300x146.webp\" alt=\"SulaFest back at Sula Vineyards in February 2025 after 5-year Gap\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-pic-1-300x146.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-pic-1-1024x500.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-pic-1-768x375.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-pic-1.webp 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Edition no. thirteen in 2020 turned out to be the proverbial unlucky number for SulaFest. After 13 annual events (2008-2020), it fell prey to Covid-19. No events could be organised for 2 years and even the wine tourism, which received a tremendous boost from the 13 fests, nosedived during Covid-19. &nbsp;While the hard core loyalists kept on hoping it would be revived, Sula kept on cancelling the event after 2020 giving a flickering hope that it would be revived. But in 2023, it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_4_943\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">finally<\/span><\/a> announced that it had seen the last in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_802.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">SulaFest 2019: Record Crowd for a single Day on Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a communication with delWine <strong>Rajeev Samant<\/strong> had then said that curtains had gone down finally for SulaFest. Giving the reasons he said, \u2018we have no plans to revive Sulafest at this time. It was a great event but it had its time. These days, given the surge of genuine wine lovers and wine tourists thronging our vineyards, it becomes extremely difficult to carve out this festival on one of the busiest weekends of the year.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_4_726.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">SulaFest 2017: Smooth and Seamless Show for Music Lovers<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We also struggled with permissions, usually getting them only in the last few days just before the festival even though our planning and investment had to begin one year in advance. Finally, we all collectively took the call of no more SulaFest,\u2019 he had said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_724.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">SulaFest ready to Rock n Roll for Tenth Year<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Giving reasons for the change of heart, Rajeev Samant said, \u201cBowing to the overwhelming demand to bring back our iconic SulaFest, we are thrilled to announce the return of SulaFest in February \u201925. We are once again looking forward to welcoming fest goers to our Nashik home, one of the most amazing settings for a music festival in India with the opportunity to enjoy some great music while sipping our award-winning wines.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a title=\"Wine Tourism: Sula leads the Way\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_699.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"color: #990000;\">Wine Tourism: Sula leads the Way<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sula-vineyards-cropped.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16248 alignleft\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sula-vineyards-cropped-300x208.webp\" alt=\"SulaFest back at Sula Vineyards in February 2025 after 5-year Gap\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sula-vineyards-cropped-300x208.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sula-vineyards-cropped-768x532.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sula-vineyards-cropped-825x575.webp 825w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sula-vineyards-cropped-590x410.webp 590w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sula-vineyards-cropped.webp 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Set against the stunning backdrop of Sula\u2019s Nashik vineyards, the fest promises an unforgettable experience filled with live performances by popular artists, a unique blend of cultural experiences, and of course the opportunity to savour Sula\u2019s finest wines, a few of which may be available only on campus. Tickets will go on sale soon, with more details on the dates and line-up of artists and other highlights to be announced in due course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_5_434.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Sulafest-Mini Woodstock in Nashik<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two days of pure delight when no one is seen overly drunk and there are no untoward instances, it is an epitome of wine, music and fun, placing wine at a higher socially desirable platform. Don\u2019t believe me? Check it out yourself at the 14th edition of SulaFest at Sula Vineyards and then leave your comments here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/blog_164_669.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Jai Ho!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subhash Arora <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024 23:11 SulaFest back at Sula in February 2025 after 5-year Gap Sep 25:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,80],"tags":[725,724,105,481],"class_list":["post-16238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-headlines","category-top-headline","tag-5-year","tag-february-2025","tag-sula-vineyards","tag-sulafest"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large.webp",1200,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-300x225.webp",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-768x576.webp",640,480,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-1024x768.webp",640,480,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large.webp",1200,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large.webp",1200,900,false],"slider-bg":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-1200x600.webp",1200,600,true],"card-grid":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-600x900.webp",600,900,true],"card-list":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-600x700.webp",600,700,true],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-1024x768.webp",1024,768,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-825x575.webp",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/sulafest-large-590x410.webp",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/other-headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other Headlines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/top-headline\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Headline<\/a>","tag_info":"Top Headline","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16238"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16295,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16238\/revisions\/16295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}