Welcome to India Grape Harvest Vine & WineFestival 2018 Nashik Valley wine Cluster

Mission

Wine Association is aiming to promote Nashik “The wine capital” making it recognized to the world and also taking a step ahead to promote its industrial and agriculture produce through its renowned Grape Vines and Wines, Pilgrimage, Health wellness and Wine Tourism.

Scope of India Grape Harvest 2018 for Wineries & Vintners

Helps identify perceived barriers to wine tourism development.
Helps wineries’ level of involvement in tourism.
Helps determine perceived benefits (goals) of wine tourism.

Strategy

The inauguration of the notion will begin with a Grand Opening of the festival followed by the festival taking place at consecutive wineries and vineyards all over the wine capital and the festival will sum up with a Grand Finale.

India Grape Harvest 2018 Objective for Vineyards & Vintners

Getting in contact with the consumer.
Improving brand awareness of the company’s wines.
Raising the profile of the winery in the nation.

Strategy & Scaling up

The event is poised to be India’s largest Grape Harvest Festival. A stylish and elegant open air event being held in India’s Grape & Wine destination : Nashik and the consecutive wineries all over the wine capital.

This event is being organized similar to grape harvest festivals held in Italy, France and Spain. Grapes, Raisin & Wine, Agriculture and Industrial produce are the stars to celebrate the beginning of harvest season.

It will help to popularize Indian Grapes, Raisins & Wines, Agriculture and Industrial produce of India and wine tourism.

India Grape Harvest 2013

Celebrating the best produce and wine from the state, INDIA GRAPE HARVEST 2014 Vine & Wine Festival included a program full of food matched with Nashik Valley wine, delicious food and produce, farmyard organic grapes, cheese and the finest wines from across the Nashik Valley.

The two day Festival in Nashik at Hotel Meuse Jupiter was a showcase of the best food, wine tastings, guest chef cooking demonstrations, food & wine sampling, a regional farmer’s market, food court, live music, fringe performances and many more.

India Grape Harvest 2014

India Grape Harvest 2014, a stylish and elegant open air event was organized at Vinchur Vine & Wine Park, Vinchur, Nashik by AIWA (All India wine association & IGPB (Indian Grape Processing Board which falls under ministry of Food Processing Govt. Of India). The purpose of the event was to promote Indian wine industry and the main advantages with these events were that the wineries right from the big one's to the boutique wineries in India participated for the event.

India Grape Harvest 2014 focused on wine education and wine promotion for all the wineries in India which helped the wineries to showcase their wines at a large platform and consumers got to taste and experience all the different wines from different wineries in India under one roof.

The Curtain raising ceremony was inaugurated by Hon. Shri. Sharadchandraji Pawar, Minister for Agriculture, Govt. Of India. The prestigious event had been inaugurated by Shri. Chhagan Bhujbal, Hon. Minister for Tourism, Govt. Of Maharashtra and well-known Actor Shri. Milind Gunaji along with other prominent dignitaries. The exhibitions hosted a lot of various stalls including wine tasting, organic grapes, wine accessories, art and lifestyle stalls, boutique wine stalls and farmers’ bazaar.

At the event, around 200 unique wines from 40 Indian wineries from grape varietals such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grillo and more were showcased.

India Grape Harvest14 was one big fat event that included various entertaining sessions like wine tasting, winery tours, live rock music bands – Old Citizen Band, Pune – Performances by Navin’s Dance academy – Chintoo Bhosale from Mumbai – Exotic Belly Dance Performances – Live DJ by Kairav – Balle Band with Lady DJ – folk and Lavani Dance Performances and of course the most glamorous show of all, The Vine & Wine Queen Of India.

Apart from the above, the other activities that went on the entire day for three days were grape stomping, helicopter rides, Bullock Car Ride, Horse Car rides, Luxurious Swiss Tents, camping and barbeque, street performances, skating, cycling, moonlight harvesting and much more.

Being in its second year, India Grape Harvest14 was a bigger success as the last one (India Grape Harvest13) and was enjoyed by every visitor from around the country. It was a great effort by members and team of AIWPA and IGBP which lead to a great successful event on all fronts making this Valentine weekend electrifying.

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