After world domination, a smooth shift: Long single, rare malt finds love back homeIndian single malts like The Godawan 100 and Rampur Signature Reserve are gaining popularity domestically and internationally among affluen...
With spruced-up dives, classy cocktail bars and bigger-than-ever microbreweries, Bengaluru’s drinking scene gets even more spiritedBefore it became synonymous with traffic, one of Bengaluru’s identities— apart from the sedate “pensioners’ paradise” and “garden city”—was...
How Covid-19 pandemic has given a fillip to non-alcoholic beveragesAccording to market and consumer data provider Statista, the non-cola carbonated beverages market in India was three billion litres in 2016...
Young entrepreneurs are trying to add fresh notes to craft alcohol; will big cheers follow?Shivam Ginglani, 30, founder of Solan-based Ginglani Distillers, says it is possible for craft alcohol to have good numbers. Ginglani wants...
Breaking stereotypes: Meet Bengaluru's only female fire bartender“I took to bartending because sport wasn’t paying for me to survive.”
Meet 5 women bartenders in India & how they are changing the stereotypeAmi Behram Shroff is not just a mixologist — she has been a flair bartender and performing artist, combining gigs of flipping bottles.
Top-end bars, hotels hunt for mixologists to serve new cocktailsIf bartenders are the guys who serve you drinks, mixologists are the elite who concoct exotic ones and create a unique tippling experience.
How high costs, a nanny state and badly behaved men are hurting India's nightlife businessYet, the nightlife business is booming. So how can a business be a great opportunity and a bad proposition at the same time? Let's do the m...
- Liquor industry undergoing ‘premium-isation’
Customers are raising a toast to premium brands as the cheap and cheerful ones stay firmly on the shelf.
- Maharashtra farmers raise a toast to wine grapes
Move over Thomson Seedless and Bangalore Blue, its Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon time for Indian grape growers.