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Editorial
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Discriminatory Wine Bar Policy of Maharashtra |
The
new policy of Maharashtra allowing the setting up of
exclusive wine bars in Maharashtra for a nominal annual
fee is obviously a welcome step but it reeks of being
parochial and certainly anti-wine consumer
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India
Develops a Nose for Wine |
At
a Sunday evening dinner hosted by the Delhi Wine
Club at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the dining room
was dotted with new and veteran wine enthusiasts.
Members of the Club congregated over champagne |
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Wine
Consumption enjoys Phenomenal Growth in Pune |
After
metros it is now the second tier Indian cities that
are enjoying an unprecedented boom. Pune, riding
the wave of growth in the IT sector, enjoyed an
increase of 62 percent sales of wine in the first
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Chile
Moving into Australian Market |
Douglas Murray, director and founding partner
of leading Chilean wine producer Montes, spent
the last week in Australia and says his company
soon hopes to sell 50,000 cases a year here. Chilean
wines
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Future
to open 1500 small Fair Price Shops |
Kishore
Biyani-promoted Future Group, whose flagship Pantaloon
Retail is country's largest listed retail chain,
has announced setting up over the next two years
of a new format 1,500 shops retail chain to be |
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Retail Boom Boon for Wine Producers |
A
boom in the organised retail and the government
policy of allowing the sale of wines through supermarkets
will prove to be a boon for wine companies. Big
players like Diageo, Champagne Indage and UB |
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Wal-Mart
to offer Services outside Bharti |
Even
while Bharti and Wal-Mart are in the honeymoon phase,
there is a possibility that Wal-Mart has a roving
eye. After the break up with its affair with Tesco,
Bharti seemingly had a happy union with |
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