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Rojita Tiwari wears many hats — and most of them come with a pour. A globetrotting drinks writer, sommelier, educator, consultant, and certified booze judge (yes, that’s a real job), she’s been stirring things up since 2006. Founder of Drinks & Destinations, India’s go-to consultancy for all things wine, spirits, and strategy, Rojita has introduced Baijiu to India, helped launch a Whisky, and judges everything from wine to whisky, rum, gin, vodka, mezcal, baijiu to sake at top global competitions such as CMB and Spirits Selection. She’s bagged titles like Best Wine & Food Influencer (Wine Travel Awards 2023), Ambassador of the Industry Title and twice made it to the “Top Ten Women in Wine in India” list — cheers to that! She is also the only certified International Ambassador of Moutai Flavour Baijius in India. You’ll find her words in Drinks International, Whisky & More, Rumporter, Mint Lounge, Spiritz, Sommelier India and more. Want to raise a glass or a campaign? Reach her @drinksanddestinations or email drinksanddestinations@gmail.com. Cheers!

Category: NEWS

  • Gateway Brewing Co.’s Nitro ‘Kaapi’ Stout

    The craft beer producer and supplier Gateway Brewing Company has just introduced a new Nitro stout called ‘Kaapi’ in the Mumbai market to celebrate its 2nd anniversary. ‘Kaapi’ a reference to the drink ‘coffee’ is truly a tribute to the coffee fans. Made from ingredients, 100% sourced from India, including the Blue Tokai Coffee which…

  • “The Enthusiast 100” lists a Chianti Classico Gran Selezione As Best Wine In The World

    The current list of the American Wine Enthusiast magazine awards first place to San Felice’s Chianti Classico Gran Selezione.    The wine is “Il Grigio 2011”, produced by the San Felice estate: Gallo Nero’s top wine, followed by plenty of other Italian wines (17, just behind France, with 18 wines, and the US with 30). The…

  • The Week That Was

    It was an exciting busy week full of dinners, launches and tasting events. From meeting with the Kumala Wines Winemaker to the launch of a new craft beer by Gateway Brewing Company called A1 to the launch of the German wine brand Weingut Heinz Pfaffmann, an exclusive dinner with Sula’s winemaker Kerry Damskey and owner…

  • The Glenlivet is the highest selling single malt in the world

    The Glenlivet is the largest single malt scotch whisky brand in the world by volume stated the recently released IWSR report. The brand owned by Pernod Ricard recently released The Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve in the Indian market. This is a tribute to founder, George Smith’s original vision. Matured in new American oak casks, Founder’s Reserve exhibits a…

  • Viiking Ventures to Invest 1 Billion Rupees on vodka mix ​’​XXX​’​

    Viiking Ventures, the owner of many businesses including the newly acquired beer brand from Goa ‘King’s’ is investing 1 billion rupees for marketing of vodka mix brand ‘XXX’ over the next three years. Sachiin Joshi, owner of Viiking Ventures has the ambition to become the market leader in Alcoholic and Non-alcoholic beverages sectors. ​​ At present, the…

  • India Dominates IWSR’s Growth Brand Ranking

      It is time to rejoice as Indian whisky brands drive the growth chart of fastest growing brands list published by IWSR. According to the August issue of the magazine, Allied Blenders & Distillers (ABD)-owned Officer’s Choice took the title of the fastest-growing spirits brand for the second year in a row. Although its absolute…

  • ABD Acquires Telangana Based Grain Distillery

    Allied Blenders and Distillers Pvt. Ltd (ABD) has recently acquired a grain distillery unit in Telangana. The first grain distillery in ABD’s list, Shasta Bio Fuels has a capacity to produce 160 KL of alcohol per day. This deal has cost ABD approximately 200 crores.   According to official sources, the company will make an additional investment of…

  • Decline of local spirits leads to global decline says IWSR

    According to a recently released IWSR report, the global spirits market declined -0.1% in 2014, a loss of 3.1m nine-litre cases. While consumption of local spirits in Asia-Pacific and Africa & Middle East remind in growth, local spirits declined -7.4m cases globally. Imported spirits grew 4.3m cases, though not enough to offset the global decline.…

  • Aspri Spirits Launches #Negroniweek in India

    Aspri Spirits, importer of the premium Italian liqueur brand, Campari, kickstarted #Negroniweek in India last evening in a launch event at Radio Bar, Mumbai. Aspri is promoting the classic and innovative versions of Negroni cocktails in the country through tie-ups with several bars who are taking part in this initiative called #Drinkforacause.  What is #Negroniweek…

  • Kerala’s High Court agrees with spirits ban

    The High Court in the Indian state of Kerala has upheld a ban on bars and hotels serving spirits. Only 24 five-star hotels will be legally allowed to serve Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL), after the state’s High Court agreed with a government policy introduced last year. The UDF Government in Kerala, on India’s southwest peninsula,…