Blenders Pride is a brand of Indian whisky, owned by Pernod Ricard, and launched in 1995. It is a blend of Indian grain spirits and imported Scotch malt and contains no artificial flavouring. It is available in 5 different bottle formats (2L,1L, 750ml, 375ml, 180ml).[1] GQ magazine described the whisky as "smooth and smoky", and gave it a rating of 6/10. Pernod Ricard has identified Blenders Pride, along with Imperial Blue, Royal Stag, Chivas Regal and 100 Pipers as the company's five core brands to build its spirits business in India.[3] The brand's main national competitors are Royal Challenge, Signature and Antiquity[4] from United Spirits Ltd,[5] and Peter Scot from Khoday India Limited,[6][7] In some states, Blenders Pride also competes with Haig Gold Label from Diageo[8] and Rockford Reserve from Modi Illva. Blenders Pride was launched in India in 1995 by Seagram. Seagram's global business was jointly acquired by Pernod Ricard and Diageo on 21 December 2001.[10] Seagram's Indian operations were acquired by Pernod Ricard.

[11] Pernod Ricard had previously entered the Indian market by acquiring a 74% stake in United Agencies Ltd (UAL), with a bottling facility in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. UAL was merged with Seagram's Indian business and continued operations under the name Seagram Manufacturing Ltd. The decision to integrate UAL into Seagram was taken due to the latter's larger operations in the country. Pernod Ricard launched a premium version of Blenders Pride, called Blenders Pride Reserve Collection in December 2011.braun 300w hand blender spares[13] At the time of its launch, the Reserve Collection was the most expensive whisky produced in India.kitchenaid 5-speed blender with 56-ounce polycarbonate pitcher United Kingdom-based consultants CARTILS helped design the branding, bottle shape and packaging for Reserve Collection. magic bullet coffee grinder coarse

CARTILS said that its aim was to "stay loyal to the original brand yet to ensure that its [Reserve Collection] significantly more premium nature was clearly communicated." The bottle shape for Reserve Collection is similar to Blenders Pride but has embossing. Blenders Pride sold 250,000 cases in 2003.[17] out of 1.5 million cases country-wide in the premium whisky segment.[18] In March 2004, Seagram Manufacturing Ltd. claimed that Blenders Pride had surpassed Shaw Wallace's "Royal Challenge" (now owned by United Breweries Group) to become the largest-selling premium whisky in Andhra Pradesh.blendtec ice cream watery The following table shows the annual sales of Blenders Pride:braun multiquick hand blender 5-mr 500 soup ^ a b ccuisinart poweredge blender reviews

^ a b c d e f ^ Indian Whisky Brand Champions 2013. These 3 Steps Will Show You How To Drink Whiskey Like A Real Man|» » Come November 8 and tipplers have to pay extra for his favourite drinks KOLKATA: Come November 8 and tipplers have to pay extra for his favourite drinks. A Kingfisher beer can of Rs 90 may cost Rs 20-25 more while an one litre bottle of whisky like Blenders Pride may cost Rs 50-55 more. Well, the state excise department has decided to revise the price of both India Made Foreign Liquors and country liquors upward from November 8. ninja ultima blender 810The increase in excise duty across different categories will be ranging from 2.67% to almost 6%. The hike will be lower for regular categories while for premium ranges the hike would be more. According to excise circular, for IMFL with MRP less than Rs 266, excise duty would go up from current level of 49% to 51.67%. The duty will be 42.33% from 38.5% for Rs 266 to Rs 450 category.

For Rs 450 to Rs 1000 segment, the duty would be 35.18% from 30.45%, the most popular category for whisky and Vodka. The duty will be 31.44% and 26.78% respectively for Rs 1000 and above and Rs 1,500 and above segments from 26% and 21%. The price increase will be maximum in the imported liquor category. An excise official pointed out that it is expecting that the moderate hike in the price is not going to affect the demand in a big way. Incidetally, the state government has collected a revenue of Rs 2,800 crore till October 31 of this year and it has a target of Rs 4,700 crore for the whole year. In last two months, September and October, there was an average 30% increase in excise revenue collection. The figure was Rs 441 crore for October and Rs 461 crore for September this year. Last year the excise revenue was close to Rs 4,100 crore. According to excise officials, the liquor companies have not yet notified the department about the new prices. "They will do it in next few days.

The increase in price pf liqor may not be in the same magnitude of excise hike. This could be either little more or little less," an official added. An official of a leading liquor compay said that it is working on new price structure and will announce the new structure soon. However, Pradyut Saha, the secretary of All Bengal Excise Licensee Association feels that a hike in price always incentivise spurious liquor. "We shall try our best to co-ordinate with the government but price increase of legal liquor leads to prolifiration of illegal trade," he added. Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App. Click here to download it for your device.From Around the WebMore From The Times of India, : New Delhi, Wed Nov 17 2010, 18:20 hrs Top StoriesUttar Pradesh elections: There will be a Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, confirms Ghulam Nabi AzadJayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar to enter politics, says 'landmark announcement' on Feb 24Sheena Bora case: Indrani, Peter Mukerjea charged with murder, criminal conspiracyUttar Pradesh elections: Decision on alliance with Congress very soon, says Akhilesh YadavBail in Muslim youth’s murder: Bombay HC cites his religion as provocation

Delhi Police today claimed to have unearthed a bottling plant of "fake" Scotch whisky, expensive wine and champagne and arrested a 48-year-old man in this connection. The arrested has been identified as Munna Khan. He was nabbed on a tip-off yesterday from Cariappa Marg in Neb Sarai. Thirty-four bottles of Black Label, one carton of Chivas Regal, one carton of Mcdowell No 1 and one carton of Blenders' Pride were recovered from the car which Khan was driving. Khan allegedly used to take delivery of spurious liquor at a very cheap price from one Jai Prakash Chawla and supply the same to various parts of Delhi. He told police that Chawla allegedly used to refill low-priced liquor in the bottles of expensive brands, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) H G S Dhaliwal said. "At his instance, a raid was conducted at the residence of Chawla but he was not found there. But during the search of his house, huge quantity of liquor were recovered," he said. "The accused used to refill low-cost Indian whisky in the bottles by mixing them in a certain proportion and sell the same as original Scotch whisky especially of brands like Blue Label, Black Label, Green Label, Red Label and Gold Label.