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Suntory Holdings establishes Suntory India

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Names Masashi Matsumura as Managing Director

Suntory Holdings has announced the establishment of Suntory India Private Limited, which aims to cover corporate functions required to build a firm business foundation and accelerate growth in its existing spirits business and establish opportunities for soft drinks as well as health and wellness businesses in the Indian market. The new company will commence its operations in July.

“We are delighted to unveil a new base of Suntory Holdings in India, a country with a large population and a rapidly growing economy,” said Tak Niinami, President & CEO of Suntory Holdings. “India is a remarkably attractive market and a key geopolitical player on the global stage, with strong cultural and economic ties with Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Together with our spirits business, Suntory Global Spirits, we will enhance our presence as a multifaceted beverage company in this vital market by supporting our soft drinks and health & wellness businesses to build foundations in India through investments and partnerships.”

Suntory India will be headed by Managing Director, Masashi Matsumura with its office located in DLF Cyber City, Phase II, Gurgaon, Haryana.

The Group offers a diverse portfolio of products, from award-winning Japanese whiskies Yamazaki and Hibiki, iconic American whiskies Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, canned ready-to-drink -196, The Premium Malt’s beer, Japanese wine Tomi, and the world-famous Château Lagrange. Its brand collection also includes non-alcoholic favourites Orangina, Lucozade, Oasis, BOSS coffee, Suntory Tennensui water, TEA+ OolongTea, and V energy drink, as well as popular health and wellness product Sesamin EX. Founded as a family-owned business in 1899 in Osaka, Japan, Suntory Group has grown its operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania, with an annual revenue (excluding excise taxes) of $20.9 billion in 2023. It has a strength of 41,511 employees across the world.

Taylors Wines foray into Indian market

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Taylors Wines (known as Wakefield Wine) has entered Indian market through one of the leading Indian importers – Ace Beveragez Private Limited.

Promised Land Shiraz and Chardonnay are launched in India by Rikshit Parsan, Director, Ace Beveragez Pvt Ltd; Jay Meek, General Manager, Trade, Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), Adelaide; Pratik Angre, Business Development Manager, Ace Beveragez; Catherine Gallagher, Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner, Austrade, New Delhi;  John Southwell, Trade and Investment Commissioner, Austrade, Mumbai; Peter Truswell, Australian Consul General in Mumbai and Bhavin Kadakia, Director – Business Development, Austrade, Mumbai. This is the first Australian wine in the portfolio of Ace Beveragez Private Limited.

Taylors Wines is a family-owned winery established in 1969, which is in the Clare Valley of South Australia. After over fifty years in business, spanning three generations, the Taylor family has been making wines under the Wakefield Taylors Family Wines name – a winery known around the world for crafting powerfully elegant wines of regional distinction and character.

 The Taylor family’s wine-making philosophy is built on the idea of “respect the fruit” meaning, quite simply, that the essence of great wine comes from great fruit. To achieve this, every decision the family makes (referred to within the company as the ‘Taylors Way’) – from the planting of vineyards to what viticulture practices they employ, harvesting, crafting and the investments they make in barrels and ideal storage – even to how we drink the wine – is underpinned by this philosophy.

 In 2017 Wakefield Wines was announced as The World’s Most Awarded Winery by the World Association of Wine Writers and Journalists (WAWWJ) in a global ranking of more than 50,000 producers.

Why the name Promised Land: The name comes from one of the those classic over the fence chats that neighbours have. His neighbour to the east had a beautiful patch of land with gentle rolling hills and soils perfect for grape growing. Bill Taylors, Co-Founder and Company Director, Taylors Wines went to visit him and struck a deal that he’d be the one to purchase the land should he ever decide to sell it. Well, it was almost twenty years later but Bill is nothing but tenacious.

The neighbour kept promised and that section of the estate became forever known as “The Promised Land”.