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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Vandals broke into the centuries-old grounds of an Italian winery and spilled Pinot Grigio wine worth almost £420,000. The wine was maturing in tanks at the Conte Vistarino estate in the northern Lombardy region and the intruders opened the taps to allow the wine to drain out.
The act has been described as an act of of "sabotage" because while hundreds of thousands of liters were spilled into the drains, nothing was reportedly stolen.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 12 December 2016.

The countess who manages her family's winery has indicated that an investigation is underway and has described the break-in as an "act of vandalism" and has added that she had no idea of who might be behind the vandalism.
The sprawling estate located about 70-Km from Milan has been the family's home since the 15th Century. It includes 180 hectares of vines, apart from hundreds of hectares of woodland, forests and arable land. The area is known especially for the Pinot Nero grape - it is used to produce bubbly whites as well as red wines.


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