{"id":19887,"date":"2025-12-16T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=19887"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T06:53:45","slug":"item_1_972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_1_972\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Grapes to cost more due to unseasonal rains in Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19887\" class=\"elementor elementor-19887\">\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>\/*! 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Prices are likely to rise due to the crop loss, but in fact what this would do is likely to reduce the crop, but thanks to the increasing inventory of finished wines at the producers or their distributors, the increase would not be as close to the prices feared though a slight increase will be warranted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rajeev Samant<\/strong>, CEO of the publicly traded Sula Vineyards, has made a cautious statement, thanks to the tight rein of the stock exchanges. He says, \u2018our wine grape harvest is looking pretty solid and we hope that with all the measures we are taking, the price on our Premium labels like <strong>Sula, Source<\/strong> and <strong>Rasa<\/strong> range will be under check . However,&nbsp;small producers, who depend disproportionately on inexpensive&nbsp;wines made from table grapes, may be hit hard\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is indeed a loss of crop this year, especially in our estate vineyards from where we get grapes for our most premium wines,\u201d says <strong>Shailendra Pai<\/strong> of the small boutique producer <strong>Vallonn\u00e9 Vineyards<\/strong> near Nashik, who feels that the November rains, which came at the time of berry setting, have reduced the expected yield greatly.<\/p>\n<p>Rajeev Samant further explained that the biggest damage has been on the early-pruned plots. \u201cPruning is normally done in September, but some parcels of mainly table grapes wine grapes\u2014are pruned in early August. They have been hit the hardest because the monsoon lasted longer than expected, killing the fruit with the buds. In contrast, wine grape plots, pruned later, usually at the end of September or in October, have not suffered as much. There is some damage, but nothing close to what we are seeing in table grapes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Early-pruned plots refers to vineyards where the pruning of grapevines is done earlier than the seasonal schedule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is wine getting more expensive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Farmers in Nashik have reported losing 80% to nearly 100% of their crop. This has doubled grape prices (now \u20b9140-160\/kg, up from \u20b970-80 last year), pushing up costs for winemakers. Entry-level wines bottles in the \u20b9400-800 range, will realize that this price squeeze is the most.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No grape imports possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indian wineries can&#8217;t just switch to imported grapes because tax incentives require them to use local produce. This rule keeps pressure on prices and limits options for keeping wine affordable. With fewer grapes around, India&#8217;s annual wine exports (worth \u20b930-40 crore) could shrink further this year. Fresh grape exports will also struggle with both supply and quality issues thanks to the rough weather.<\/p>\n<p>(From various sources)<\/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: Tuesday, 16 Dec 2025 12:25 Wine Grapes to cost more due to unseasonal rains in Maharashtra Dec<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[512,995,226,994],"class_list":["post-19887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-headlines","tag-maharashtra","tag-rajeev-saman","tag-sula","tag-wine-grapes"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","slider-bg":"","card-grid":"","card-list":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"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>","tag_info":"Other Headlines","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19887","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=19887"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19895,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19887\/revisions\/19895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}