The best example? Nashik – in Maharashtra state, about 100 miles northeast of Mumbai – which has emerged as the “Wine Capital of India” over the past decade. “Nashik has a very rich ...

Lying on the banks of the mighty Godavari River, Nashik boasts of an incredible history. It holds a special place in the spiritual ethos of not just Maharashtra, but the entire country.

No one would mistake the Nashik region for California’s Napa Valley, but visitors are rewarded with winemaker-led tastings, 2,000-year-old cave carvings and a few bottles of delicious wine.