Sula Vineyards

Why visit Sula Vineyards

A vineyard visit is the clearest illustration of how many different cities Nashik contains at once. You can spend a morning at the ghats in Panchavati and an afternoon on a terrace looking over vines, and the two feel like different countries.

Sula is also simply the easiest way into Nashik's wine country if you have never done it before. The estate is set up for visitors in a way that smaller producers are not, which makes it a sensible first stop before exploring further.

Things to see and do

A visit generally means a walk through the vineyard, a look at the production side, and a tasting. The estate sits in open country outside the city, so it is worth allowing time for the journey each way rather than treating it as a quick stop.

History and significance

The hills around Nashik hold the centre of India's wine industry, and Sula is the estate most responsible for that. Wine tourism is now one of the main reasons people visit Nashik who have no interest in its temples at all — which is a large part of what makes the city unusual.

How to reach Sula Vineyards

Sula Vineyards is in Nashik district, Maharashtra. Nashik itself is reachable by train, bus, road and air, and our how to reach Nashik guide sets out the options from Mumbai, Pune and Delhi.

Best time to visit

Nashik's year divides fairly clearly into the monsoon, the cool months that follow it, and a hot stretch before the rains return. Our month-by-month guide to Nashik covers how that plays out across the district.

Travel tips

• A vineyard visit takes half a day once travel is counted. Do not plan it as an hour between two other things.
• If you intend to taste, sort out how you are getting back before you go.
• The vineyards are at their most photogenic when the vines are in leaf. Our month-by-month guide covers how Nashik's seasons run.

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