<b>Alok Chandra:</b> Sula's world wines

A little-known fact about Sula is that it imports and markets wines from seven countries

A little-known fact about Sula, India’s largest wine producer (2016-17 sales volumes are an estimated 10 million bottles), is that it imports and markets wines from seven countries. It also imports some spirits and Asahi beer from Japan, but I’ll focus on the wines.

The wines and wineries are:

Bouchard Aîné & Fils: Founded in 1750 in the heart of Burgundy, France, and now part of the Boisset wine empire that includes 10 wineries from California and another 15 from France. The four Bouchard wines listed in India are typical of Burgundies: two Chardonnays (including a Chablis), a Pinot noir