$3 there, $15 here
I love wine. Especially a good Red. And unfortunately a combination of socialism, Gandhi, Nehru, Communist morons, protectionist practices & vote grabbing holier-than-thou pretences by politicians combine in a mind bogglingly malicious manner to make all but the cheapest (in terms of taste) Indian wine completely inaccessible to me.
While Indian wine makers try hard and churn out barely respectable stuff costing a ludicrous Rs.1100 or $25 USD a bottle, the grapes grown in Nashik simply aren't good enough. And the prices are unacceptable. A similar wine in the Netherlands would cost me no more than $10 USD. I still remember buying cheap Port for $8 USD which was still pretty decent.
The bottomline is India imposes unreasonable tarrifs and import taxes on Wines that increase the cost of all foreign wines (be it from Napa or Bordeaux or Chile) by an incredible 550 % ! The US and the EU have both filed infringement law suits against India at the WTO and there is a strong lobby at work in India too, to reduce these unreasonable tarrifs.
And I follow these developments with a thirst that will not be quenched until I can pick up that Greek or California Red at a nearby supermarket....*sigh*
While Indian wine makers try hard and churn out barely respectable stuff costing a ludicrous Rs.1100 or $25 USD a bottle, the grapes grown in Nashik simply aren't good enough. And the prices are unacceptable. A similar wine in the Netherlands would cost me no more than $10 USD. I still remember buying cheap Port for $8 USD which was still pretty decent.
The bottomline is India imposes unreasonable tarrifs and import taxes on Wines that increase the cost of all foreign wines (be it from Napa or Bordeaux or Chile) by an incredible 550 % ! The US and the EU have both filed infringement law suits against India at the WTO and there is a strong lobby at work in India too, to reduce these unreasonable tarrifs.
And I follow these developments with a thirst that will not be quenched until I can pick up that Greek or California Red at a nearby supermarket....*sigh*
Labels: business, international relations
posted by Abs @ 3/16/2007 11:26:00 AM
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5 Comments:
I wish I knew! I would have sent some with the Indian. Next time, in lieu of reflective material, you'll definitely get a good bottle, probably of the south american variety.
"in lieu of reflective material" you're raising the bar eh?! :)
But South American would be very very welcome..I can already smell and taste it *sigh*... muchas gracias in advance!
I'll try n carry some when I get there next. Its exteremely affordable here.
I spent the last saturday wine tasting in a wine cellar in the south of czech republic. It was great ;-))). Cheers!!
Ludek...I try not to allow abuse on my blog so I won't say what I really want to say to you...
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