Nashik plans to produce around 1.40 crore litre of wine during 2016-17

Nashik is known as grape country and wineries across Nashik district are gearing up for the grape crushing season which will begin from mid-January next year. The wineries expect to produce around 1.40 crore litre of wine during 2016-17 grape crushing season.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 26 December 2016.

As indicated by All India Wine Producers' Association, the wineries in Nashik district had recorded highest-ever wine production of 1.40 crore litre during 2015-16 season. This year even though the yield of wine grapes has reduced due to water crisis, it is expected that the same yield would be maintained. This would be attributed to increase in areas under plantation of wine grape varieties from 3,000 acres last year to 3,500 acres this year.
For information - there are a total of 95 wineries in the country and 77 of these are in Maharashtra - 39 wineries of Maharashtra are in Nashik. Maharashtra accounts for almost 90% of the total grape-wine production in India, and Nashik contributes 80 per cent of the total wine production in the country.


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Onions have yet again brought the residents of Delhi to tears – with high-quality onion prices hitting Rs 50 per Kg due to limited supplies, government agencies have begun to take action. In order to keep the price in check, the SFAC and NAFED have started to sell onions via Safal and DMS retail outlets in the Delhi-NCR region.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 30 July 2015.

The Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) and the National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation (NAFED) have managed to procure 7,000-8,000 tonnes of onions from Nasik using the Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF). The price at Lasalgaon mandi in Nashik is Rs 31.50 per kg.
However, low-quality onions are still available for Rs 30-40 per kg. The bulbs from Rajasthan sell for Rs 20-30 per kg and those from Madhya Pradesh and Nashik are available at Rs 30-40 per kg.
NAFED has also floated a tender to import 10,000 tonnes of onions. Most probably, the source of supply would be Pakistan, China and Egypt. Gurdaspur may continue to happen but onions from across the border will bring back the smiles.
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#satpur #nashik #MIDC Till the early 1960s, the city of Nashik was a place known basically for its temples, devotees who would keep coming to seek salvation and the families of priests – yes, the profession of performing pujas to appease the Gods and Goddesses usually rested on the shoulders of families on whom the dotes had complete faith and belief.
In those days, the only industries in Nashik were the India Security Press where coins were manufactured, the Currency Note Press where currency notes were manufactured and the Government of India Press where government stationary were manufactured.
However, real industrialization came with the setting up of the Mig-21 aircraft manufacturing factory in Ojhar, some 20-Km from the city proper. Simultaneously, two localities Ambad and Satpur were identified nearer to the city where MIDC was set up and some large industries took roots – prominent among these were big names like VIP suitcase, Victor Gaskets, MICO, Crompton Greaves, Mahindra and Mahindra, Shalimar Wires etcetera. Alongside these sprouted hundreds of ancillary industries to cater to the needs of the biggies.
And, in next to no time, there was a boom in infrastructure – these meant more buses on the roads, more schools and colleges dotting the city and suburbs, more houses, more hotels and restaurants. The mall culture also gradually crept in and movie halls transformed into multiplexes.
Moreover, with the widening of the National Highway No 3 towards Mumbai to six lanes, the travel time between the two cities has reduced considerably. As to access to Pune, the frequency of buses have increased and buses leave at every half hour intervals. Pune is an IT hub and, hence, an important destination that needs to be linked.

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#nashikgrapes #vineyard #sulawines #nashik #kumbhmela2015 Nashik is well known for its temples as much as for its grapes – we have seen the numerous temples and places of worship in and around Nashik and now, let us make a trip to the vineyards to check out on the grapes. Nashik is also known as the Grape City and, during season, its grapes make their way every morning in shipping containers to Mumbai from where they are airlifted to countries in the Middle East and Europe.
There are two major varieties of grapes produced in Nashik and both are equally delicious. The abundance of supply has led to export houses being set up that have started sending grapes to foreign countries apart, of course, from consumption in the country itself. In Kolkata, the fruit stalls announce fresh arrivals of Nashik grapes and sell them at a premium.
The grapes identified for export must meet certain very strict criterion – like the size and, its sugar content. For size, the berries have to pass through a template test. The diameter of the berries must be larger than the diameter of the hole in the template. Those that fail the test are discarded and find their way into the local markets.
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Yes, believe it or not, the city of Nashik has links to the epic Mahabharata.
As one enters the city from the Mumbai side by road, one can see a range of mountains on the right hand. On top of these mountains is Pandavleni caves or the Pandav caves. There are quite a number of caves and the mythology goes that the five Pandava brothers had spent a part of their 14-year exile in these caves.
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Anyway, there is another link between Nashik and the Mahabharata. The name itself speaks volumes because ‘nasik’ means the nose. As per mythology, Bhima, one of the Pandava brothers, had chopped off the nose of Surpanakha, a she-demon, and it fell here in Nashik. If you visit the place called Tapovan, you can see the sight depicted in the form of a statue.
The fact of the matter is that Nashik has hundreds of temples and, while taking in these places of worship, one just cannot miss the Someshwar temple – a temple of Lord Shiva, situated on the banks of the Godavari. It is a picnic spot and has facilities for boating.
Near to this is the replica of the temple of Lord Balaji of Tirupati that one sees in the mountains of Thirumala in Andhra Pradesh.

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