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Sub-tropical viticulture in the North Eastern India has picked up in the last few
decades with the collective efforts of some enthusiastic and amateur growers.
At present, Bangalore Blue cultivar is the major variety grown in Mizoram and
adjoining states. Almost a decade back, Ms Sentiben, a tribal woman from
Nagaland, out of curiosity planted a few rooted cuttings of a unique teinturier
variety ‘Pusa Navrang’ at Dimapur from the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research
Institute, New Delhi. The coloured bunches inspired her to learn and perfect the art
of making quality red wine. Later she made this her entrepreneurial venture and
labelled her produce as LURO wine, which is today a total sellout in the town. With
this taste of success, she is now venturing into it as a professional entrepreneur
and plans to establish a nursery for area expansion with her women group of
10 members who are helping in pooling the produce for bulk production of Pusa
Navrang. She and her group are planning big to produce certified ‘Organic red
wine’.