“While manufacturing of wine from fruits has started, this would help increase the variety,” said state Excise Minister Nitin Agrawal, adding two wine plants are coming up in Muzaffarnagar and Meerut.
The cabinet has also extended the liquor sale timings by an hour, till 11 p.m. on Christmas eve (December 24) as well as New Year s Eve (December 31) to allow guzzlers to have their fill on these festive occasions when sales peak.