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A Tradition where Passion
meets Perfection…

Our passion for wine and respect for traditions have made the dream of Premium Indian Wines come true. The history starts from the 1960s with Kanwal Grover, father of Indian viticulture, and is being enriched with every generation.

2009

The award winning Zampa Soirée wine is created

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2008

The Zampa range is launched

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2006

Vallée de Vin is created

Ravi Jain and Deepak Roy, along with Neeraj Deorah, gave birth to Vallée de Vin in Nashik Valley

 

1998

La Réserve is launched

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1995

Michel Rolland brought the best French traditions to create finest Indian wines. Since 1995, Michel Rolland has been advising Grover Vineyards for grape growing, harvesting and winemaking techniques. With his expertise, Grover continues to produce soft, rich, opulent and distinctive wines.

Development Phase – Towards perfection

Michel Rolland, great French expertise

When Georges Vesselle retired, Kanwal Grover looked for a new expert. While travelling in Bordeaux in 1994, he went to Cos d’Estournel, the famous Grand Cru, and met Bruno Prat, who introduced him to Michel Rolland, world’s most influential enologist. It was not easy to convince Rolland, who was already busy working with Argentinean and Chilean wineries. He thought Kanwal Grover, at the age of 60, was crazy to take the challenge to make wine in India. But Kanwal Grover’s genuine nature and passion struck a chord and Rolland accepted to come to India and see the vineyard.

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1992

The dream becomes reality:

the first Grover Vineyard was setup.

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Late 1970s

Georges Vesselle, French pioneer in India

To realise his dream of creating premium vineyards in India, Grover met George Vesselle, the then Technical Director of Champagne Mumm Vineyard. During their first dinner, they realised that they were born on the same day of the same year – 1925. To celebrate this, Georges Vesselle opened a bottle of Bouzy Rouge 1925 from his private cellar.

The unique friendship made Vesselle accept the challenge of growing French grape varieties in India. They were the pioneers of winemaking in India, exploring the country to find the most appropriate region to grow French grape varieties.

1960s and the early 1970s: 1st generation, the creators

Kanwal Grover, father of Indian viticulture

Kanwal Grover, as a businessman, dealt in high technological equipment, space program, defence production and machine tools. His company imported products directly and only from France. With each visit to France, his taste for fine wines grew and he was hooked to the great French gastronomy.

His passion for great wines was born.

The passion kept growing while he worked abroad in the early 1960s. His initial aim was to attract more French engineers to India and making quality wines was a sure way to make them stay here.

On one of his trips to France in the early 1970s, he visited some wineries. The process and the beauty of winemaking convinced him to transform his passion into a life time dedication. His dream of Grover Vineyards was incepted in this passion.

Our Philosophy

The culmination of a merger between Grover Vineyards and Vallée de Vin, Grover Zampa exhibits the most impressive pedigree in the Indian wine industry and owns an array of widely recognized brands. Grover Zampa endeavours to let connoisseurs and wine enthusiasts embark on a journey of senses through not only offering them the world-class wines but also enhancing the wine’s blissful experience through wine tourism and wine education.

Based on the belief that a wine should bring out the most faithful expression of its grape varietal and terroir, Grover Zampa spend the summers carefully capturing the essence of grapes through internationally accepted techniques and practices reliably brought to India for making the finest range of wines.

Our dual locations, the Nandi Hills in Karnataka and the Nashik Valley in Maharashtra give us the opportunity to extract the best of India. The natural protection of the Nandi Hills and the terraced slopes of Nashik offer fresh climate, fertile soil and the perfect conditions for vine growing.

The best wines are made from the best vineyard. Our skilled team works scrupulously using sustainable practices coupled with selective hand harvesting. Daily attention is given to the vines to make sure that no chance is given to hazard. Our wines are appealing yet distinctive in style by applying up-to-date viticulture and winemaking techniques.

“Less is more” helps us to maintain a high level of quality. We keep the quality high by limiting yields to bring out the complex aromas and delicate flavors from the grapes.

The grapes are processed in temperature controlled cellars equipped with modern resources and our own bottling lines to ensure that the quality remains uncompromised throughout the wine making process.

In addition, the entire method of wine-making is finely orchestrated and monitored by the world famous wine consultant Michel Rolland to give a discrete style and balance to the wines.

People

  • Ravi Viswanathan

    Chairman

    Ravi Viswanathan has a Masters from École Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques, Paris. He is known for his unique sense and understanding of wines which led to his association with wine companies. His journey with Grover Zampa Vineyards started in 2012 as an investor in the company. This alliance solidified through his subsequent capital investments and he became the Chairman of the company in late 2018.
    Viswanathan, CEO of Visvires Capital Asia Pte Ltd (VVCA) co-founded Visvires Capital along with six other business partners in 2011. It is an investment and advisory group set up to support the strategic, financial and operational development of new and existing companies and projects. He has also co-founded and led two other set-ups, Credit Agricole Lazard Financial Products (CAL FP) established as a joint venture between Credit Agricole and the three Lazard houses later in 2000.

  • Vivek Chandramohan

    Chief Executive Officer

    With nearly 26 years of distinguished experience in the Alco-Bev arena, Vivek Chandramohan hails from Bangalore. He started his career in 1995 at Citi Bank and later joined Bacardi-Martini where he stayed for around six years and worked on brands such as Bacardi, Breezer and Grey Goose.
    Following this, he did stints at AB InBev and Modi Ilva before joining Grover Zampa Vineyards in 2012 at their Mumbai Head Office in a Lead Sales role before rising to the role of Vice President of Sales & Distribution. Based on his success graph in this position, with growing sales and effectively leading the team has led to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer of the company.

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© Grover Zampa Vineyards Ltd.

Incorporation Date: 4th November,1988.

CIN NO:U01100MH1988PLC049515.

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