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At my judging table, a diverse group of jurors gathered, including Carole Quinton, Ma...
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What motivates your company to enter international beverage alcohol competitions? How...
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I was 24 years old when I first had the opportunity to judge at the Concours Mondial...
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Diageo India’s maiden initiative to build a community of craft spirit entrepren...
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Bengaluru-based alternative investment firm, Optimistic Capital, has launched a ?200-...
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British sustainable packaging company Frugalpac has signed a letter of intent with IT...
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For the second consecutive year, the vibrant metropolis of Hong Kong rolled out the r...
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After eight city rounds, over 1,300 participants, and an intense competition, Monkey...
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The highly anticipated 5th edition of the Brews&Spirits Expo 2024 was successfull...
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My first visit to Islay (pronounced ‘Eye-luh’) was in 2007, but I didn&rs...
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Diageo Reserve’s World Class (India) finale, held recently in Gurugram, adjudge...
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The Indian beer market reached ?38,360 crore in 2022 and is expected to reach ?62,240...
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Moderator: Shreya Soni, Founder & CEO, The Ideas Lab Panelists: Sukhinder Singh,...
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Moderator: Vikram Achanta, CEO, Tulleeho Panelists: K. Ganesh, Serial Entrepreneur &a...
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The Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) is delving into the dynamic world of ...
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How can you describe the Indian beer industry’s growth and market size today? T...
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The foreigner sitting opposite us isn’t your run-of-the-mill tourist soaking in...
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Kals Group, the Chennai-based manufacturer of premium brands across brandy, rum and b...
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It’s funny how fortunes can change for a spirit that has been largely unsung in...
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Nagpal (moderator to audience): How many of you drink wine at least once a we...
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In a high-voltage ceremony, Delhi’s Sidecar walked away with top honours once a...
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Moderator Vikram Damodaran, Chief Innovation Officer at Diageo India and Co-founder o...
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Within the space of a week in December, I was present at the launch of not one, but t...
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Moderator Dr Pratekk Chturvedi, COO, Brewdog India Panelists Narayan Manepally, Found...
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There have been exponential changes in the alcobev space in India. What does this mea...
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Brews&Spirits Expo 2023 (13-14 September, at the Manpho Convention Centre, Bengal...
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The Indian beverage alcohol industry is currently estimated to be worth more than US$...
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The day-long conference at Brews&Spirits Expo-2023, with ‘Grain to Glass 4....
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When we look at the performance of the Global beverage alcohol market and volume chan...
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What inspired you to pursue the Master of Wine title? What were its biggest challenge...
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Bengaluru is set to host India’s leading beverage alcohol trade and technology...
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Founded in 1786, Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky business of Pernod Ricard and mak...
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A rum resurgence is clearly on the way in India over the last 3 years. These rums ran...
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Mumbai-based Varun Sudhakar runs Bar Bundle, a premium beverage consultancy that offe...
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You are retailing 6,000 varieties of whiskies, single malts, and bourbons from around...
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In early 2006, I was in Pune for some personal work when Pratekk Chturvedi, a fellow...
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‘30 Best Bars India’, the country’s only independent bar awards pla...
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Global exports of Scotch whisky in 2022 grew to more than £6 billion for the fi...
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The tumult in the hospitality industry over the past couple of years is ending, fortu...
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Ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails, which started out as the quick, pick-me-up alcoholic...
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Bira 91, India’s fastest-growing beer company, has agreed to acquire the countr...
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If you have ever worked behind a bar, think about your first day there: what was the...
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Those of you who have lived social media over the past decade will attest to the fact...
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India remains very firmly a Lager market – and overwhelmingly strong Lager &nda...
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Shimla Brewing has stunning views and interiors, beers and ciders on tap. It was est...
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The 2-day Brews&Spirits Expo, 2022 (6-7 July, at the Manpho Convention Centre, Be...
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Direct-to-consumer is not a new concept; older forms of it have existed via catalogue...
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The last few years have seen a flurry of action. There are now drinks brands that are...
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Anjali Batra spoke about how, in recent years, the spirits category was witness to co...
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Sibi Venktaraju initiated the discussion, saying the panellists would look at brands...
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Priyanka Save is also a Green Building professional and has been working in this spac...
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Setting up a new distillery, or even buying an existing one, is an expensive proposit...
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“Rumours of my death are greatly exaggerated” is a popular misquote attri...
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Tulleeho and Man’s World magazine revealed the much-awaited ranking of the top...
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Diageo, the leading global distiller, has recognised a number of key employees and st...
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The recently announced results of the International Wine and Spirits Competitions 202...
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Food Talk India brought back its Gin Explorers Club (GEC) recently at The Hub in DLF...
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The new experiential gin bar, W. Goa’s Sylvia, is now one of the most happening...
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Packaging is becoming one of the most effective channels for advertising, unlocking a...
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The beer sector, often made out to be a villain in the media, has huge benefits for t...
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One wonders how many in the Indian alcobev industry could lay claim to the several &l...
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – that famous opening line...
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From the explosion of rock-and-roll, to the ubiquity of denim and the adoption of wea...
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After hiking in Utah’s Canyons National Park (US) more than a decade ago, Patri...
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A recent article in The Financial Times describes it well: the “treat brain&rdq...
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When news came in recently that Georges Monin SAS, the France-based global leader in...
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After a professional career spanning over three decades in the alcobev sector &...
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Mr Kantappa Sahukar, Chairman and Managing Director of Bengaluru-based Kaplatharu Bre...
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Kyndal was set up in 2002 (then called Kyndal Spirits UK) as a wholly-owned subsidiar...
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Mohan Brothers needs no introduction! Since its inception in 1980 its Partner, Mr Ama...
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Starting with a liquor distribution business in 1994, Mr Ashok Jain, Chairman of New...
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Oasis Distilleries was started in 1987 in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) by the late Om Prak...
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Rampur Distillery in Uttar Pradesh, a major bulk spirits supplier, commenced operatio...
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When Mr Ashok Maan started out in the alcobev retail and distribution business in 199...
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There will come a time in India when we don’t look at bartenders through the le...
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The Hill Zill winery is located in the quaint settings of a small coastal town of Bor...
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Before India’s Independence, various royal families in Rajasthan – both m...
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Amrut Distilleries’ Ashok Chokkalingam switched from the sales side to Head Di...
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Early March this year saw things slowing down, and by mid-March everything came to a...
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Guwahati, the capital of Assam, now boasts of the largest retail store for alcohol be...
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The bar and hospitality industry has taken a big hit due to the disruptions caused by...
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The restrictions on guest seating and staff strength have brought the business down b...
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The seating cap does affect revenue, but we do understand that it’s what the si...
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The lockdown meant complete shutdown of business and we were left sitting on full inv...
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Health and safety is an important consideration for any workplace as it’s a hig...
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Since we must all follow physical distancing protocols, we have reduced our covers an...
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The journey over the last few months has been fairly decent and restrictions on guest...
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Currently, we look at the restrictions on guest seating and staff strength affecting...
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For Byg Brewski, the challenge of reduced seating has not been such an issue because...
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The alcoholic beverages industry is going through some very exciting times. The artis...
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Oaksmith, Rockford, Hawkston, Sterling Reserve B7 and B10, Royal Green, Rockdove, Gol...
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The year 2020 will be remembered for many things. Not so long ago the Rs. 4.25-lakh-c...
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In 2015, I visited the German Rum Fest in Berlin. I was taken aback by the proliferat...
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Ian Burrell is Global Ambassador for the rum category, one of the most acclaimed and...
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Rum has always been a spirit that Indians have adored since time immemorial. No matte...
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Did you ever wonder how the name ‘growler’ for beer containers came about...
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Stranger & Sons gin from Goa’s craft distillery is always looking for excit...
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The crippling nationwide lockdowns and continuing restrictions on sale of alcoholic b...
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The beleaguered alcohol industry in Maharashtra had something to cheer about with the...
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The nationwide lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically impacted the bus...
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When it comes to curating whisky experiences in India we would like to believe that S...
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Ever since the lockdown on 22nd March, restaurants had already started shutting down...
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Covid-19 has probably been the biggest curse on the food and beverage industry ever s...
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If we all had a dollar for every time somebody said, “These are unprecedented t...
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The Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR) in Hyderabad has come up with an init...
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The craft beer industry in India has taken off over the last few years, and a large p...
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The world’s No. 1 craft beer brand by revenue and an independent trailblazer, S...
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The beer industry in India, currently weighs in at upward of 350 million cases (2018-...
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Scotch whisky is on a high in India, the 8th largest market for Scotch worldwide in v...
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Picture this: a beautiful courtyard in South Bombay’s Race Course on a bright s...
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The increasing tempo of innovations in the spirits and beer sectors in the country ha...
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Arundeep grew up in Sunam (Punjab), and his Australian encounters spurred the desire...
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I was 6 years into my career on Wall Street but, despite things going well there, I w...
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There is little that is in common between ‘Strangers & Sons’ and most...
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Mumbai is a city of restaurants. It is an acknowledged fact that, given the time- con...
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Over the last decade in particular, the Indian alcobev industry has matured and evolv...
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For most dark spirits like whisky, rum and cognac, maturation is the key. High temper...
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Just like the rest of the food industry, the bar scenario in India is slowly but sure...
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It’s not possible to ignore gin anymore. And, hopefully, you aren’t even...
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It’s an interesting paradox that, given the size and promise of the Indian alco...
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The most popular craft beer in America for more than 15 years in terms of barrels pro...
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The beer market in India has radically changed in the past decade. There has been a s...
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