Indian Zampa Wine to Enter UK and Dubai Markets

By Jono • November 25, 2008

Zampa Wine

Indian wine producer, Vallee de Vin, based in Mumbai, are preparing to sell 125,000 litres their flagship wine, Zampa, in the UK and Dubai.

The company, which is one of the biggest Indian wine producers, plans to start making sales within the next six months. Neeraj Deorah, a Vallee de Vin director, told Business Standard:

“Though India is a growing market for wines, UK is an established location to promote Indian wines. There is a huge Indian population residing in the UK and hence, Zampa would receive excellent response there.

Dubai is an emerging market for wines. We expect good esponse to Indian wines in this international business centre. We plan to export our product to Dubai over next six months.

We have set a target of 1,25,000 litres sales during first 12 months. Although, there is a talk of recession in liquor market, wine segment is growing at a good pace.

We have tied up with distributors and hotels to promote our products.

Vallee de Vin currently offer a range of wines: red, white and rose, which are made from a vineyard owned in Nashik and grapes purchased from local growers.

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Jono

Jono has been involved in the wine industry since he was quite young. His parents had a small vineyard and winery in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, and spent plenty of school holidays working in the vineyard and winery. He completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Oenology) from the University of Adelaide (formely the Roseworthy Agricultural College). He also holds a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management from Monash University. His wine industry experience include working as a winemaker for Petaluma in the Adelaide Hills under the legendary Brian Croser. He was then sent to Smithbrook in the Pemberton region of Western Australia, then owned by Petaluma. He spent 6 years at Smithbrook managing the vineyard and winery, and during that time also completed a vintage at Chateau Carsin in Bordeaux. The two years leading into 2008, he traveled the world with his partner sampling the worlds best wines, and also fulfilling his other passion of equestrian competition.