The ball room of Hotel Leela Ambience, Gurgaon shook with thunderous applause when octogenarian S S Gandhi, one of the oldest stalwarts of the Indian liquor industry, reached the stage to receive Spiritz’s most coveted “Legend of the Industry” award Read More
Raju Vaziraney, President, SOM Distilleries & Breweries Limited GST is going to erode the bottom line of liquor companies. Listed companies like ours will be there but we will have no bottom line. We will not be able to make Read More
Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal, Managing Partner, Agarwal Sanjiv & Company Chartered Accountants, Jaipur The liquor industry is a highly regulated and heavily taxed industry. But it has a good market share. While alcoholic beverages represent 25% of the F&B market in Read More
‘Alcohol going to be taxed more’ I P Suresh Menon – Adviser-Tax & Regulatory Affairs at USL (Chairperson of the session) It is generally believed that GST is going to be good for the country. True, there is no doubt Read More
Rohan Jalckie, Brand Ambassador, Chandon India introduced guests to fine Chandon wines while conducting a food-pairing lunch with Chandon, which was organized by Moët Hennessy India along with Spiritz as part of SPIRITZ 2016 at the Leela Ambience Gurgaon Hotel Read More
‘Make in India a great initiative’ Sumedh Singh Mandla, CEO, Grover Zampa Vineyards Ltd (Chairperson of the session) Make in India is the current government’s flagship initiative, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2014. The idea was to Read More
Rahul Singh, Founder and CEO , The Beer Cafe When you say change is the only constant, my views are slightly contrarian. Yes change is the only constant. But sometimes some things are left the way they are. And, I Read More
Ashwin Balivada, Executive Director, Cheers Group India’s alco-beverage industry is growing at 8-10% CAGR. The growth is more in the premium segment, where it is 20-30% CAGR. The economy segment has recorded a low growth probably because of rising prices Read More
Gautom Menon, Chief Brand Officer, Wild Tiger Rum As far as Make in India is concerned, it is a great initiative, very inspiring slogan. But it is only for the 25 sectors it caters to. Unfortunately, liquor is not a Read More
Raju Vaziraney, President, SOM Distilleries & Breweries Limited GST is going to erode the bottom line of liquor companies. Listed companies like ours will be= there but we will have no bottom line. We will not be able to make Read More
