Master of Wine Sonal Holland is India’s most accomplished wine professional. The first Indian to have been bestowed with this prestigious global title, she has won numerous awards in her incredible journey to become the only Master of Wine in a nation of one billion people!
A domain expert on the business of wine & spirits in India, Sonal’s passionate about drawing global attention to the country’s young and exciting beverage industry. Her vast cultural knowledge has made her a sought after strategic consultant for brands seeking a foothold in India’s complex marketplace.
Sonal’s professional achievements include her role as the former corporate head of wine and beverages at homegrown luxury hospitality conglomerate, ITC Hotels. Currently, she is a wine buyer and consultant for luxury food retail chain Foodhall and is also a wine consultant for restaurant group, Gourmet Investments.
Her extraordinary contributions to India’s vino industry have been acknowledged widely. Adjudged the Wine Personality of the Year recently, Sonal is regularly featured as one of the most powerful women and most influential personality in India’s luxury industry.
Since the day she embarked on this journey, Sonal has been a role model for women, shattering the glass ceiling in the AlcoBev industry in India. Her exceptional contribution to India’s wine industry has been widely recognized. Some of the prestigious honors Sonal has been part of are:
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Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Indian Luxury for three consecutive years - 2015, 2016 and 2017 by luxury business magazine Blackbook
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Top 100 Most Influential People in Indian Luxury in 2016 and 2017 by BlackBook
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Top Women in Wine by the Indian Wine Academy
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Mid Oct. 2019, year 2 issue 10 من Hospitality Food & Wine.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Mid Oct. 2019, year 2 issue 10 من Hospitality Food & Wine.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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The Make Year for Nepali Tourism
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The Rise of Jogi Bhat
Let me ask a serious question about Nepalese food. Most of us have grown up in households where left over rice has either been used to be served with hot milk or Bhuteko bhat with onions and local butter with a touch of turmeric.
5 Coffee Shop Trends Set to Dominate the Market in 2020
Nowadays, it seems like there is a coffee shop at every corner no matter where you find yourself, and if there is a corner without a coffee shop right now, you can bet that there’ll be one in 2020.
DISCOVERING AUSSIE WINES
Enoteca @FNW
MÖVENPICK KUREDHIVARU MALDIVES WITH GO AIR
When Go Air announced its winter schedule for Malé, Maldives, timed ahead of the upcoming holiday and wedding season in India and with fares as low as INR 9,999 all-inclusive, anyone would be enticed…so why blame me?
