Is It a Dry Day in Mumbai Today?
Dry days in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mumbai follows Maharashtra alcohol and dry-day rules. This page uses the current Maharashtra/Mumbai-supported calendar data and should be checked close to the date because election and local-order dry days can be announced at short notice.
On declared dry days, licensed liquor shops and alcohol-serving venues generally cannot sell or serve alcohol unless a specific exemption applies.
Legal drinking age note: 21 for beer and wine; 25 for spirits in common guidance.
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24 August
Vesuvius Day and Ancient Wine in Pompeii
August 24 marks the anniversary of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. The archaeological excavation of Pompeii has provided extraordinary insight into Roman drinking culture, including the discovery of thermopolia, ancient fast-food and wine bars where Romans could purchase hot and cold food and wine by the cup. Over eighty thermopolia have been identified in Pompeii, suggesting that wine service was deeply integrated into everyday Roman urban life. Amphorae found across the site reveal the range of wine origins traded in the Roman world, from local Italian production to imports from Greece, Spain, and North Africa. The preservation of Pompeii under volcanic ash has made it one of the most important archaeological records of ancient alcohol culture ever discovered.
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