Did you know? A few statistcs on Indian Wine

In India, the per capita consumption of wine is as low as 4.5ml per person per year. In contrast to this, France consumes 42 litres per person per year, Italy 50 litres and China 375 ml.
The Indian market for wine is estimated to grow at a rate of 30% each year. Curerntly around 5.4 million bottles are produced of which roughly 500,000 are exported to countries like France and Italy. India imports around 780,000 bottles each year. This could be higher if the taxation was lower.
It is obvious that the Indian wine market is going to go dramatically and as a consumer you’re going to have a lot more variety to choose from. Here at Sommelier India we hope to help you understand and navigate this exciting world of wine.