Drink Asia September - October 2019 | Page 10

Topical–National Cow milk price hiked by Rs 2/litre: Mother Dairy L ead supplier of milk - Mother Dairy has increased its rate of cow milk by Rs 2 to Rs 44 a litre in Delhi-NCR. Effective from Friday. The company said that they have increased the retail price as the company is paying more to farmers for procuring raw milk. However, there will be no increase in rates of other variants of milk. Raw cow milk prices have firmed up to the tune of Rs 2.50 to Rs 3 per litre in the last two-three months, Mother Dairy spokesperson told PTI. With Mother Dairy increasing the price of cow milk, other competitors like Amul and Parag Milk may also increase their price. “Hence, we are compelled to increase the consumer prices of Cow Milk variant. Mother Dairy supplies around 30 lakh tonne milk, of which 8 lakh litre constitutes cow milk, in the Delhi-NCR region. “The prices as effective from September 6, 2019 are Rs 23 for 500 ml pack and Rs 44 for 1 litre pack. There has been no change in prices of other milk variants,” the official said. In May this year, the company had hiked price of milk by Rs 2 per litre. In case of cow milk, there was no increase in one litre pack, but rate of half-litre pack was increased by Rs 1. Moët Hennessy’s made in India sparking wine Chandon bags medals at CSWWC 2019 essay of the Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC), the most comprehensive and rigorous international sparkling wine competition in the world, which is held annually in the United Kingdom. C This year, the championship announced a record-breaking year with entries up by one-third, and a total of 185 gold and 212 silver medals awarded in this year’s competition to an incredible 18 countries. handon, the made in India sparkling wine by Moët Hennessy, won the gold medal for Chandon Brut and the silver medal for Chandon Rosé at the This is another feather in the cap for the brand’s variants scoring big at the Decanter World Wine Awards, where Chandon Brut took home the silver medal and the Chandon Rosé landed the bronze medal. The Decanter World Wine Awards were held in London at the start of May 2019, and nearly 16,500 wines from all over the world were judged by 280 judges from 30 countries, including 70 Masters of Wine and 23 Master Sommeliers. Of the Indian sparkling wines chosen at these award platforms, Chandon is the only Indian wine brand to have won awards in each of the nominated categories and is the only sparkling wine brand from India to win gold in this competition. Drink Asia 10 September-October 2019