MUMBAI: In the economic value of the Indian alcoholic beverage industry Maharashtra has been ranked the fifth state after Tamil Nadu, UP, Telangana and K'taka with Nashik emerging as the ‘Wine Capital of India’.
Nashik received more than 3.5 lakh visitors every year as wine tourism here has benefitted nearby villages creating new opportunities to improve state GDP by nearly 20%, said the report by the International Spirits & Wines Association of India (ISWAI), the apex body of the premium AlcoBev sector.