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Topic: whisky

John Distilleries launches gift-with-purchase campaign for Paul John XO brandy

The company said Paul John XO is produced from Ugni Blanc and Bangalore Purple grapes and bottled at 46% ABV after more than ten years’ maturation in medium-toasted new French Limousin oak barrels.

Paul John unveils 8th limited Christmas Edition 2025 single malt finished in cream casks

The expression is an unpeated single malt distilled in Goa by John Distilleries. The release is non-chill-filtered, contains no additives and is bottled at 48% ABV.

SRK and Aryan Khan’s whisky wins big at San Francisco World Spirits Competition

D’YAVOL Vortex has also been awarded gold medals at Scotch Whisky Masters 2025, New York World Spirits Competition 2024, and the International Wine & Spirits Awards 2024.

Why Indian whisky makers are still struggling against foreign rivals — ‘taxation woes, varying state laws’

While Indian brands are giving foreign ones competition, especially in premium whisky segment, they are held back by 'discriminatory' taxes & bias towards foreign players, say industry insiders.

Whisky gets a neat boost but rum’s on the rocks as Indians turn to pricier booze, drinking at home

Trend could be partly due to people starting to drink at home more during pandemic & using the money saved to buy more expensive beverages, says report by Antique Stock Broking.

India-UK free trade deal to miss Diwali deadline, report says

Although the reason for delay wasn't clear, previous sticking points have included a steep import duty on British whiskey and India's demand for more visas for students and businesses.

Shaken, stirred & appreciated — these clubs are making connoisseurs of India’s liquor consumers

The idea behind clubs like All Things Nice & Dram Club was the realisation that whisky-obsessed India 'knows little about the spirit — or any other alcohol for that matter'.

Pour it: Amrut Fusion Indian Single Malt makes it to global whiskey collection top 10

The list of the best malt produced in the past few years encompass a wide range of regions, from Scotland to India.

Beer, whisky to get cheaper as India relaxes norms for importing Australian malt barley

India is looking to import one million tonnes of Australian barley every year, which will meet the rising demand, and result in an alcohol price drop.

Not Ireland or Scotland, Taiwan has become the global powerhouse in whisky production

Having only started producing whisky this century, Taiwan, a small island, is already making millions of bottles and scooping up top industry awards.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.