The two─day India International Wine Summit on 'Overview of the wine market in India' and 'The business case for the wine industry in India' was
inaugurated at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on March 16, 2009, as part of the first edition of the India International Wine Fair & Gourmet Show 2009.
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Over 70 delegates from across the globe participated in the convention. Addressing the summit, Harshal Shah, Sommelier, Australian Sommelier's Association, said that in the last few years there had been many tie─ups between domestic wine and alcoholic beverages manufacturers and foreign manufacturers. “We still don't have world class foreign wine brands in India,” Shah said.
Speaking on 'Overcoming India's restrictive import regime', Sanjay Menon, Importer, Sonarys and Director, Wine Society of India, said, “India is a comparatively new wine drinking country in the world. Here, people have just started appreciating wine and there is scope for faster growth than other Asian countries like China, Singapore and Japan. Importing foreign wines and brands in India will help the domestic wine industry to grow, develop and improve their product quality and market size swiftly.”
from HospitalityBizIndia.com