Wines That Curry Favour

Southern India is one of the subcontinent’s most fertile regions, an agricultural heartland that produces everything from tea to palm oil. Few people, however, associate the area with viticulture. But in the last decade, grapes grown in the hills of the southern Indian state of Maharashtra are being made into reputable wines that are finding their way onto the tables of certain hotels, restaurants and family homes across the country.

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