Vineyard

It is a race against time in the fabled Mendoza wine region in the west of the South American country once again in the grip of La Nina, a periodic weather phenomenon that cools surface temperatures and intensifies drought. Monteviejo -- a large vineyard between 1,000 and 1,200 meters above sea level -- expects to have a harvest 50 percent smaller than last year. Some others in the region lost everything.

Wine, dine and unwind at India's Napa Valley

A couple of years ago, vineyards in India would only have been hosting connoisseurs; the general hoi polloi would have thought it ludicrous to spend their holiday touring a vineyard and tasting wines rather than driving up to a hill station or spending a weekend by the seaside.

The man who is making Indians thirsty for wine

It took a few detours in life for Rajeev Samant to establish Sula fifteen years ago. And now wine drinking in India may just have arrived. Samant boasts of holding 60% market share in India

A Taste of Cognac

Time moves slowly in Remy Martin vineyards, producers of the finest cognacs for three centuries.