SA's wine and hospitality industry has attracted the attention of Indian billionaire Analjit Singh, who has bought three adjoining Franschhoek farms SA's WINE and hospitality industry has attracted the attention of Indian billionaire Analjit Singh (59), who has bought three adjoining Franschhoek farms as well as a substantial stake in Mullineux Family Wines, which is Platter's Winery of the Year for 2013.Singh, who has become a frequent visitor to the lush food-and-wine region of Franschhoek in the Western Cape over the past few years, is ranked 87th on Forbes' list of India's richest people, with an estimated fortune of US$725m.He is the nonexecutive chairman of Vodafone India as well as the founder and chairman of the listed Max India Group, whose interests include life insurance and private health care.Through various private companies, the Singh family has recently ventured into the hospitality arena, with an exclusive wellness resort in Dehradun in northern India due to open s...
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