Who Are We
Wi-Not Beverage Solutions Private Limited
A-133 First Floor Defence Colony New Delhi 110024 INDIA
mail@wi-not.biz +91 96500 46655
gurjit@wi-not.biz +91 99714 46655
gagan@wi-not.biz +91 99717 46655
Wi-Not is India’s only professionally qualified and managed Wine & Beverage Solutions company. Each person who represents Wi-Not at any event or training has to meet some very stringent requirements: (A) S/he must have acquired formal wine education from a reputed and recognised international wine establishment. (B) S/he must have worked in a reputed F&B establishment abroad to hone his technical and practical skills
Magandeep SINGH is India’s first French-qualified Sommelier and the oldest wine professional in the country, no not chronologically. The person behind the idea of Wi-Not, he believes that wine should be fun first. Having worked in India for over 7 years, he has a good idea of where and how things stand in the wine world. He divides his time between food and wine work (events, tastings, writing and journalism) and his TV show “Around the World in 85 Plates” on NDTV Good Times
Gurjit Singh BARRY is a WSET-qualified trainer and wine-taster. Wi-Not is privileged to count him amongst its resources for trainings and wine market research. Gurjit is known for his very polished manners and style of conduct sprinkled with his own brand of humour. Trainings with him are serious business but always fun. He has a unique way of involving others as also getting involved himself thus making the class into one compact singular academic entity. He is a poduct of a unique blend of traditional Indian upbringing with a heady mix of European education and international work experience thrown in for good measure.
Gagan SHARMA recently finished his studies and work stint Down Under and is now back to impress fellow Indians with his youthful exuberance and vinous charms. Gagan focuses on beverage trainings as also spend time in our client restaurants, discussing wines with guests, easing the wine ordering process and making suitable suggestions. He also spearheads wine promotions and has many a refreshing idea to enliven and enrichen things. Gagan will also look into the Pulltex division of Wi-Not (world’s most renowned wine and beverage accessories), handling both retail and corporate industry-centric accounts.
Although many will know Ankit KUMAR as a wine retail expert, few will know that he has a penchant for piercings and, in his even younger days, has been an active wrestler. That should give most of us reason enough to agree with him, especially when we internally don’t. A pass-out of IHM, Pusa, New Delhi, today Ankit is proving himself well in the wine retail division of the company and adding to our experience stock-pile in the field of wine sales and marketing. His bike and phone always remain engaged as he loves to travel and share stories from his excursions.
Prashant CHADHA may not yet be a full-fledged Sommelier but he is definitely the one with a lot of degrees. Having finished his M.Sc in Hospitality, he joined Wi-Not shortly after and handles retail sales and marketing operations in Calcutta. Soft spoken and almost shy, his external shell rarely gives away the food and wine aficionado that resides within.
Sharp-talking, food-and-wine-loving avid biker is perhaps a good way to round-up this IHM Pusa product. Sumit BHANWALA is a quick-learner and an enthusiastic participant. His passion for wines is evident in his approach to the work assigned to him. Although focused and serious at work, he is also known for his wicked sense of humor. Sumit is based in Bangalore handling retail sales and marketing operations.
Abhas SAXENA is a young, energetic wine enthusiast with a formal hospitality education from IHM-Aurangabad. Being brought up in a dry state (Gujarat) did not hamper his will to follow his passion for wines. It is easy to get Abhas talking when the conversation centers on wines and the finer things of life. Music rates high on his agenda, especially the heavy and rock kind, and his twisted laughter is definitely ‘memorable’. Abhas will be responsible for Wi-Not operations in Mumbai where he will handle all Wi-Not activities, including wine trainings, guest interactions, and wine management operations for high-end restaurants and hotels.
A young wine enthusiast having an aura that will indeed leave you amazed. An effective communicator, dedicated, and extremely down-to-earth, Simranjit SINGH was recruited fresh out of IHM Pusa and is now taking baby steps in to the wine world. His personal flair never fails to please guests. This true Punjabi-from-Calcutta has a soft corner for Chinese food. When off the floor he keeps himself busy with books, snooker, soccer, and hard rock.
Anuj BURMAN is a product of IHM, Delhi, with a special love for beverages. This young gun possesses a jovial and exuberant nature. His reliability and sincerity make him ideal not only for the Wi-Not profile but for the world of wines and fine foods in general. He likes his pasta ‘al dente’ as also his beer, and indulges in adventure sports for that added shot of adrenaline. Music too rates high on his agenda and hard rock is his flavour.


