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For alcohol companies, green is becoming as important as red, white, rose and brown.

For alcohol companies, green is becoming as important as red, white, rose and brown.
For alcohol companies, green is becoming as important as red, white, rose and brown.
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Ever wondered where your favourite single malt gets its water from? Some alocbev giants have started sourcing it from the air and not the ground. This is because, feeling the brunt of global warming on business, major alcohol companies Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Radico Khaitan, and Sula Vineyards are responding to climate change through sustainable measures.

...So I called up the Captain "Please bring me my wine" He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here Since 1969"..... - From the song Hotel California by Eagles. Climate change may take the high out of your peg and alter the taste of your preferred poison. How? A spell of unseasonal rainfall in late 2019 wreaked havoc on the grape production of Sula Vineyard’s winery in Nashik, Maharashtra and harvest for the season was hit by around 20% thus
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