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Alka Kshirsagar

Pune June 4 Wine production for the year in the country for the crushing season that ended in March 2007 has grown by 37 per cent over that of the previous year, while seven new wineries were added to take the total tally in India to 54 during this year.

As per the statistics provided by Mr Jaideep Kale, wine consultant for the Grape Wine Park of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, commercial wine production during this season touched 1.42 crore litres, up from the 1.04 crore litres production during the 2006 season.

Of this, Maharashtra alone, with 51 of the 54 wineries in the country, accounted for 1.32 crore litres, while the three remaining wine units in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh produced 10 lakh litres. Seven new wineries were set up in Maharashtra and became operational during the new season, taking the total investment in the State from Rs 160 crore in 2006 to Rs 247 crore this year.

While most of the wine produced is for domestic consumption, four wineries, three from the Narayangaon-Nashik belt and one from Karnataka exported wines to European markets.

Currently, around 5,000 acres of land in seven districts of Maharashtra are under wine-grape cultivation, and grape crushing is an annual activity that happens in February every year. Several new wine projects are in the pipeline, Mr Kale said, adding that, however, that the number of new units that would actually become operational would become clear only during the 2008 crushing season.

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