Get a taste of ‘Made in UP’ wine
The first wine, made in Uttar Pradesh, is likely to be served during the ongoing festival season.
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Lucknow Thefirst wine, made in Uttar Pradesh, is likely to be served during the ongoing festival season.
The excise department has given its go-ahead to a Muzaffarnagar-based entrepreneur to commence commercial operations of the winery and the owner of the unit has, in turn, shortlisted brand names of the products and is going to register them with the department soon,.
The promoter is planning to organise experiential tours for individuals to visit the vintnery-cum-resort on the Delhi-Dehradun national highway in Muzaffarnagar.
Manoj Gupta, who would produce the wine from locally sourced fruits, said the 750-ml and 330-ml wine bottles will hit the retail stores before Diwali.
In the initial phase, Gupta plans to launch guava-based wine while later, five more fruits (mango, strawberry, blueberry, peach and lychee) will be crushed for extracts to produce wine.
“We are going to launch wine of different flavours and observe which variety is most preferred and scale up the production accordingly,” said Gupta who has been granted permission to produce 60,000 litres of wine in a year.
