Wine company Sula Vineyards India is taking its wines to Russia. At present, Sula has over 65 per cent market share in India and exports to more than 25 countries across Asia and Europe, apart from the US and Canada. Read More
Kerala eases liquor rules
The Kerala state government has announced a new liquor policy that allows bar licences to restaurants in three-star and above hotels, and the sale of toddy in these. Rumours have it that the liquor policy of the previous Congress-led government Read More
Vijay Mallya’s liquor stock up for auction
Liquor, amounting to Rs 78.45 lakh, from Vijay Mallya’s palatial house in Goa, Kingfisher Villa, is up for auction. A sale proclamation for the same has been put up by the central government’s Department of Financial Services Debt Recovery Tribunal. Read More
Liquor offtake from KSBCL falls
The offtake of liquor from Karnataka State Beverages Corporation Limited (KSBCL) is expected to come down from July. This is because about 3,600 liquor vends are expected to temporarily close, and/or are in the process of relocation due to a Read More
Punjab & Haryana HC Issues Notice Challenging Excise Amendment
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice on a petition challenging the Punjab Excise (Amendment Bill), which allows the sale of liquor at hotels, clubs and restaurants, located within 500 metres of state and national highways. The Read More
GST to make liquor cheaper at Kolkata eateries
Though GST has turned a range of products and services dearer, those who love a drink will have reason to raise a toast. With the withdrawal of service tax, liquor will be six percent cheaper at bars and restaurants. Eating Read More
Tipplers line up at reopened outlets in Kerala
Tipplers made a beeline to the bars of the 77 liquor outlets on the day that they reopened in Kerala recently. As part of its new liquor policy, the state government had renewed the bar licences of hotels that were Read More
Paramjit Singh Gill joins as President & CEO of ABD
Allied Blenders & Distillers Pvt. Ltd. has announced the appointment of Paramjit Singh Gill as its President and CEO. Gill joins ABD from United Spirits where he served as the President of All India operations. At ABD, he will be Read More
Sula announces Nick Pringle as COO
Nick Pringle has taken over as Sula’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). In his new capacity at India’s leading wine company and fastest growing alcobev company, Nick will work closely with Rajeev Samant, Founder and CEO, Sula Vineyards, while overlooking the Read More
Haryana’s liquor policy not monopolistic : HC
The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that if the contract for carrying trade in liquor is thrown open to public auction, it cannot be said that there is exclusion of competition and thereby a monopoly is created. A Read More