A Benfleet family business has won a hat-trick of awards at the prestigious Indian Wine and Spirits Awards.
G & I Spirit Group, who own La Quinta Restaurant, which was established by brother Simon and Rupert Duke, won awards including “best in show”, for their range of mouth-watering flavoured tequilas.
Hosted at a glittering awards ceremony in Mumbai, the Mis Amigos range won top prize for their chocolate cream tequila and two gold medals for their strawberry and coffee tequila, establishing the Essex run brand in the highly competitive Indian drinks market.
Delighted Gina Duke, CEO, said: “G&I Spirit Group Ltd and the Mis Amigos Tequila team are honoured and extremely proud to have won multiple awards in India.
“We are especially pleased to see that the judges voted our Mis Amigos Chocolate Cream Tequila as the best in show as we were competing against many larger, more established international brands. We would also like to thank our distribution partner Chetan Gupta of Prodigy Beverages for all their hard work in making this happen.”
“I can now announce that we will be launching a new exciting flavoured tequila early next year and I will be visiting soon to make arrangements for the launch and to increase the supply to the regions we currently supply. ”
The Mis Amigos brand was up against hundreds of entries from around the world including the likes of Diageo, Campari, Pernod Ricard and Bacardi.
G and I Spirit Group already distribute their popular tequilas in Maharashtra and Goa in the West, Haryana in the North and will soon be in New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh as well as Andra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana in the South.
The IWSA, founded by Sonal Holland, is the premier platform celebrating excellence in the wine and spirits industry and is dedicated to recognising and rewarding outstanding wines and spirits that set benchmarks in quality and taste.
Sonal Holland , said: “A truly world-class competition, IWSA not only awards excellence in wines and spirits but also recognizes the people and institutions who have shaped the alcobev culture in India with their tireless efforts and creative energy.
“This brings the entire ambit of India’s AlcoBev industry under its scope. The India Wine and Spirits Awards is the only competition in the country that conducts the largest tasting of in-market domestic and international wines and spirits.”
