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‘Vintage’ Reveilo

EHW Staff - Mumbai

Nashik-based Vintage Wines has launched it maiden brand Reveilo with four initial wine varieties, using Italian technology and machinery to process high-quality Indian wine grapes. The company plans to initially target the Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Delhi markets in the first phase and then go down south in the second. The four varieties that Vintage has selected as its initial compendium include eternal Indian mainstays like the Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Chenin Blanc and notably, a challenging Chardonnay.

According to Yatin Patil, Director, Vintage Wines, "At Vintage Wines, a lot of stringent quality control measures are taken including pre-fermentation treatment of grape juice for white wine. This involves complete clarification with temperature and oxidation control. In addition, introduction of maceration provides a further range of interesting and unusual red table wines and adds flavour and aroma to the whites. A greater understanding of malo-lactic fermentation has enabled us to successfully inoculate dry red wines with selected bacterial cultures to bring out this fermentation. Filtration advances has centred on the user of membrane filtration. Micro-filtration is used for micro-biological stabilisation before bottling. Over and above, some of the select wines are oak-aged in European oaks to improve their character and texture."

Kiran Patil, Director, Vintage Wines, adds, "We are also looking at adding more varieties to the Reveilo portfolio. All of these will however be Italian varieties for which the root stocks are being imported right now. Vintage Wines has entered into a collaboration with Enofly, a leading wine consultant from Italy for the wine-making know-how. The entire equipment for the wine making has in fact been sourced from a leading international Italy-based wine equipment manufacturer, Velo S.p.A."

Speaking of the winery, it is entirely temperature controlled to ensure that the wine at any stage is below 20 degrees, which in turn, helps prevent oxidation problems. The winery has a separate tasting room, an advanced laboratory, a well designed cellar and a spacious warehouse. The winery also houses a wine bar.