Lee McLean leads a delegation to India

A delegation of Australian Grape and Wine (Australia’s national association of wine producers) has come to India to continue the conversation and engagement with the stakeholders of the Indian wine sector. Lee McLean, CEO, Australian Grape and Wine, along with a group of Australian wine industry luminaries, have held meetings with different wine companies, vineyards and other stakeholders.

In connection with their visit, Austrade and Australian Grape and Wine organised an interactive evening of reception dinner to celebrate the Indian and Australian wine industries.  The reception was held at the official residence of Catherine Gallagher, Minister Commercial, Head of Austrade -South Asia, housed in Australian High Commission, New Delhi. The reception dinner was attended by a select number of importers, trade body heads, sommeliers and trade media.

The aim of the delegation’s visit is to further efforts with the Indian wine industry to build their capability/regulatory knowhow, demonstrate continued engagement with India and continued focusing on market diversification.

In the event, Lee McLean expressed his enthusiasm over India and Australia’s growing wine ties.  “It is wonderful to be here, the second time. Australia and India are friends in many ways and that friendship is only growing and only becoming deeper and stronger as time passes. We are seeing so much in the way of educational links, cultural links, business to business links that are starting to emerge and that is a really positive thing to see. In the wine sector we would like to think we are doing our bit towards that relationship as well,” he asserted.  

“We are looking at opportunities for collaboration on research, on innovation, on things like marketing, and even education as well, to make sure that we are helping each other out,” he added further.

Catherine Gallagher also expressed her happiness over the continued and positive engagements between the wine sectors of both countries.