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...
14 Jul, 2024, 05.11 AM IST
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...
28 Apr, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
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...
04 Jul, 2021, 12.00 AM IST
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...
11 Apr, 2021, 11.46 AM IST
Breaking stereotypes: Meet Bengaluru's only female fire bartender“I took to bartending because sport wasn’t paying for me to survive.”
18 Aug, 2016, 02.40 PM IST
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.
22 Feb, 2015, 03.50 PM IST
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.
14 Apr, 2013, 05.03 AM IST
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...
15 Apr, 2012, 03.50 AM IST
- Liquor industry undergoing ‘premium-isation’
Customers are raising a toast to premium brands as the cheap and cheerful ones stay firmly on the shelf.
07 Oct, 2008, 02.01 AM IST
- 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.
27 Jun, 2008, 12.35 AM IST