Published by Rojita Tiwari
Rojita Tiwari is an award-winning drinks professional who began her career in the drinks industry in 2006. She is a beverage writer, educator, sommelier, consultant & certified juror at several international wine & spirits competitions. Rojita is the recipient of the international Wine Travel Awards (Best Wine & Food Influencer) 2023, Ambassador of The Industry Award 2023 by Spiritz Magazine, Most Influential Food & Beverage Industry Professional Award 2020, Indian Achievers "Top 40 under 40" Award 2020. She has been listed twice as the “Top Ten Women in Wine in India” by the Indian Wine Academy.
She contributes to several international & Indian publications such as Drinks International, Rumporter, Spiritz, Sommelier India, Mint lounge, Luxebook, Luxury Launches, and other drinks and lifestyle websites.
Her company, Drinks & Destinations, established in 2014, is a leading wine & spirits content and strategic brand consultancy firm in India offering marketing, brand building, promotion, and social media marketing services to drinks brands. The company is also curator of consumer wine and spirits event properties, drinks festivals, specialized wine dinner series besides, offering consultancy and marketing services to liquor companies.
Rojita is also instrumental in introducing a new category of spirit in the country (Baijiu) and worked as the Brand Ambassador for JIANGXIAOBAI until May 2020. She successfully introduced a blended and bottled in India whisky brand – Consilium Black Whisky as the Chief Brand Strategist in 2022. She is an active member of the International Drinks Specialists, a UK-based consultancy firm for wine, beer, and spirits companies, as a Senior Specialist representing India since March 2021. Rojita was also the Mentor for the Global Wines, Spirits & Cigars Committee at Della Leaders Club. As an educator, she regularly teaches and trains hotel and bar staff and students at bartending institutes. As a drinks judge, Rojita has been a juror at several international wine and spirits competitions such as: Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Spirits Selection, Sake Selection, International Sugarcane Spirits Awards, etc.
Rojita has also been on the jury-panel of several international bar awards and cocktail competitions like the Corralejo Tequila Cocktail Competition, Bacardi Legacy Contest, Beluga Cocktail Masters India, and Campari Bartender Competition Asia.
You can reach her on Instagram & Facebook @drinksanddestinations and email her at drinksanddestinations@gmail.com.
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