India’s Only
Master of Wine
60 MINUTE WINE PRO
Your Crash Course In Wine
Your Crash Course In Wine
Sonal Holland Wine Academy launches its ONLINE COURSES
for hospitality professionals, students and enthusiasts
for hospitality professionals, students and enthusiasts
The most
influential
personality in
India’s luxury
industry.
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 and a wine buyer and consultant for luxury food retail chain Foodhall.
A thought-leader with access to an extensive network of wine enthusiasts and hospitality professionals, Sonal Holland epitomises qualities of luxury, charisma and aspirations; and is often sought-after by elite alcobev companies as their brand ambassador.
ACCOLADES
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 recognised. Some of the prestigious honours Sonal has been part of are:
- Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Indian Luxury for five consecutive years—2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 by luxury business magazine Blackbook
- Top 100 Most Influential People in Indian Luxury for four consecutive years – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 by BlackBook
- Top Women in Wine by the Indian Wine Academy, every year since 2015
- Wine Personality of the Year’ award by India’s leading food writers’ association, the Food Bloggers Association of India (FBAI)
- Award for exceptional contribution to India’s alcobev industry by Rotary International, in 2019
- Innovative Woman of Substance Award 2019 at the India Leadership Conclave
Sonal is the Founder Director at Vine2Wine, purveyors of modern and sophisticated wine retail stores across the country. Her entrepreneurial ventures also include the SoHo Wine Club, where Sonal and her team design and curate exceptionally bespoke food and wine experiences for senior corporate and the trade. A certified wine educator, her eponymous Sonal Holland Wine Academy founded in 2009, has established itself as India’s foremost institution providing world-class education of wines and beverages through online and WSET certified classroom trainings.


The Academy provides a comprehensive suite of classroom qualifications and online courses that enable participants to forward their knowledge, business and enjoyment of wines.
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Bringing her unique cultural understanding of wine to fellow oenophiles, Sonal Holland founded SoHo Wine Club in 2016, a platform for enjoying and appreciating wine.
The country’s most influential wine society, it creates memorable and exclusive multi-sensory experiences for a discerning audience of wine-loving patrons including individuals, corporates and consulates.
INDIA WINE INSIDER
The ground-breaking India Wine Insider is the nation’s first-ever and most comprehensive survey on the urban Indian wine consumer, an initiative spearheaded by the Sonal Holland MW. India Wine insider is a pioneering effort that anticipates the global industry needs to understand the Indian wine consumer better.
India Wine Insider 2018
In 2018, Sonal Holland MW in partnership with Wine Intelligence, a global consumer research leaderlaunched a nationwide survey of Indian wine consumers that monitors and tracks the attitudes, behaviours and consumer relationships with wine in the country.
The India Wine Insider 2018 report brings an authoritative wealth of knowledge and expertise on the Indian market. It presents findings in a digestible format for those looking to learn more about the Indian wine market and its consumers. The 2018 India Wine Insider report provides a more comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the young millennial wine consumer and closely examines the expanding consumer landscape in India.
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“After the pioneering initiative of India Wine Insider in 2017, partnering with Wine Intelligence, the global reference for high-quality consumer research, is the most exciting progression that takes the understanding of the Indian market to the next level. India is a very important potential market for wine in the 21st Century and the 2018 India Wine Insider report is a definitive picture of how wine works in this large, exciting yet complex market. The report provides first-hand consumer outlook and identify future opportunities for growth of the wine business in India.”
SONAL HOLLAND, Master of Wine
INDIA WINE AWARDS
India’s most prestigious wine accolades
The India Wine Awards, powered and chaired by Sonal Holland MW, is the most authoritative wine competition in the nation, led by the country’s most qualified wine professionals, industry leaders and taste makers.
With four cornerstones of integrity and authenticity, credibility and relevance, the India Wine Awards has established itself as the ultimate guide to ranking the best wines and restaurant wine programs in the country. India’s most significant consumer-centric guide to purchasing wine, the India Wine Awards lends the winning brands an enviable advantage in the marketplace.
India Wine Awards competition since its inceptionin 2017, continues to get bigger and broader in its vision making it the largest tasting of domestic and international wines available in the country.
The third edition of Indian Wine Awards was saw 116 winning wines being crowned and 17 restaurants for their wine programs, at a glittering ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom, The Leela Mumbai.
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