{"id":5604,"date":"2022-10-19T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=5604"},"modified":"2022-10-20T11:43:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T06:13:26","slug":"item_1_919","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_1_919\/","title":{"rendered":"India Wine Awards 2022 announced at a Glittering Function at ProWine Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5604\" class=\"elementor elementor-5604\">\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, 19 October 2022 18:06<\/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 elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4aea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4aea3\" 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<u>If you Like this article, please click\n<iframe style=\"border: none; 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Sonal announced that out of a record 410 entries, there were 255 winners<em>&#8211;<\/em> 30 Best-in-show wines, a title reserved for outstanding wines that scored 95 points and above; 77 Gold winners that scored 90 to 94 points; and 117 Silver medal winners that scored between 85-89 points in the competition. Best-in-Show wines are the equivalent of Great Gold and Grand Gold\/ GG category scoring over 95 points generally, in international competitions. While Indian wineries are expanding their offerings, entry of international wines added depth to the competition.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-17.03.31.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-17.03.31-300x166.jpeg\" alt=\"Devika Bhagat (l), Kiran Patil, Gauri Devidayal and Ipsita Das with Sonal Holland (r) moderating the panel discussion\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-17.03.31-300x166.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-17.03.31-768x424.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-17.03.31.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Devika Bhagat (l), Kiran Patil, Gauri Devidayal and Ipsita Das with Sonal Holland (r) moderating the panel discussion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Earlier<\/b> the Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai had hosted the 2-day judging by a panel of 15 qualified judges from the Indian industry in September.<\/p>\n<p>Indian Wine Awards is India\u2019s largest wine competition held in Mumbai every year (barring one year of Covid), It was founded by Sonal Holland and the <strong>Sonal Holland Wine Academy. <\/strong>The Award function was conducted this year in partnership with <strong>ProWine Mumbai <\/strong>in the Masterclass area of around 600 sq meters at the Jio World Convention Centre in BKC Mumbai, with plenty of snacks and wines flowing during the Award function leading up to the Dinner attended by around 400 guests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Report-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ravi Viswanathan, Sonal Holland and Thomas Schmitt releasing the Report\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Report-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Report-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Report-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Report.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ravi Viswanathan, Sonal Holland and Thomas Schmitt releasing the Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the event, The India Wine Awards announced a 5-year partnership with ProWine Mumbai, heralding the co-creation of a variety of initiatives to forward the cause and positive culture of India\u2019s Alco-Bev industry. Both Sonal Holland and <strong>Thomas Schlitt<\/strong> &#8211; Managing Director at Messe Dusseldorf India applauded this long-term partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The evening started with a Panel Discussion by a group of women: <strong>Ipsita Das<\/strong> \u2013 Managing Director at Moet Hennessy India; <strong>Gauri Devidayal<\/strong> \u2013 Co-Founder, Food Matters Group; <strong>Kiran Patil<\/strong> \u2013 Co-founder &amp; Director at Vintage Wines <a id=\"m_5262341545912462281__heading=h.gjdgxs\" name=\"m_5262341545912462281__heading=h.gjdgxs\"><\/a>and <strong>Devika Bhagat<\/strong>, Co-founder of Adventurist Spirits Distillery. Sonal moderated the discussion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-22.29.15-300x139.jpeg\" alt=\"A view of the invitees\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-22.29.15-300x139.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-22.29.15-1024x473.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-22.29.15-768x355.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-22.29.15.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the invitees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>India Wine Insider 2022, <\/strong>a research-based and authoritative white paper on the Indian wine industry was unveiled next by <strong>Ravi Viswanathan<\/strong>, the Singapore-based Chairman of Grover Zampa Vineyards and <strong>Thomas Schlitt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The India Wine Insider purports to be a comprehensive, up to date, &nbsp;research-backed report facilitating a deep understanding of the Indian wine opportunity, and a labyrinth network of dense regulatory system, to help gain insights into the consumer profiles, meet importer expectations, evaluate market trends and devise suitable marketing strategies to enter and succeed in India.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_lft\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-lft\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-19.50.28-300x216.jpeg\" alt=\"One of the Award Winners. Kunal Chug, Founder MD of Virgin Hills collecting the Award from Thomas Schlitt as Sonal Holland watches\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-19.50.28-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-19.50.28-768x553.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-19-at-19.50.28.jpeg 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the Award Winners. Kunal Chug, Founder MD of Virgin Hills collecting the Award from Thomas Schlitt as Sonal Holland watches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Master of Ceremonies for the evening was the witty, whisky evangelist <strong>Anish Trivedi<\/strong> who has anchored the Awards Ceremony since inception and has been regaling the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The India Wine awards take place annually, featuring the largest-wine-tasting competition of domestic and international wines available in the country, followed by a celebratory awards ceremony where highest-scoring domestic and international brands which are being marketed in India, are felicitated. 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