The wine industry in India is projected to grow at more than 25 per cent annually in the next decade, making it the fastest growing industry in the country, says leading wine industrialist Rajeev Samant of Sula Wines.
Enthused by the "tremendous success" of the just-concluded international conference and exposition on grapes and wines in this wine capital of India, the chief executive officer of Sula Wines, who chaired the gala event, said the remarkable participation of wine grape growers has boosted his confidence.
"The 300 farmer delegates were enwrapped in the proceedings - taking copious notes of technical presentations by foreign experts, asking questions and talking among themselves about the lessons learnt - this is phenomenal," Samant told IANS in an interview here.
The wine industry lobbyist, who is playing a vanguard role in popularising wine culture in urban India and motivating table grape growers in rural India to turn to the more profitable wine grape cultivation, said he hoped the goal of bringing 3,000 acres under wine grape cultivation every year in the next decade would be met.
"It is a big task, and at the same time a big opportunity, given the fact that rural incomes in our country are not rising," he remarked.
Talking about the onerous task of turning table grape growers towards wine grapes, the Sula CEO said: "Though the 10:90 ratio of wine grape to table grape production in the country is poor in absolute terms, it is still a big rise from a mere one percent five years ago."
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Enthused by the "tremendous success" of the just-concluded international conference and exposition on grapes and wines in this wine capital of India, the chief executive officer of Sula Wines, who chaired the gala event, said the remarkable participation of wine grape growers has boosted his confidence.
"The 300 farmer delegates were enwrapped in the proceedings - taking copious notes of technical presentations by foreign experts, asking questions and talking among themselves about the lessons learnt - this is phenomenal," Samant told IANS in an interview here.
The wine industry lobbyist, who is playing a vanguard role in popularising wine culture in urban India and motivating table grape growers in rural India to turn to the more profitable wine grape cultivation, said he hoped the goal of bringing 3,000 acres under wine grape cultivation every year in the next decade would be met.
"It is a big task, and at the same time a big opportunity, given the fact that rural incomes in our country are not rising," he remarked.
Talking about the onerous task of turning table grape growers towards wine grapes, the Sula CEO said: "Though the 10:90 ratio of wine grape to table grape production in the country is poor in absolute terms, it is still a big rise from a mere one percent five years ago."
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