Nashik valley wine farming imported grape plant varieties of Chenin blanc, Sauvignon blanc and Zinfandel and planted them in the land owned by his family. In 1997, Kerry Damskey, a leading wine maker from California's Sonoma Valley (the largest wine producer in the Wine Country region) provided the expertise for crushing of wine grapes. The first wine came to be marketed in March 2000 under the trade name "Sula". Several other farmers joined him in propagation of this effort. The wine magazine the "Sommeliar India", reported that Nashik Valley Wine was first marketed by Sula in 2000. The grape varieties raised in the
Alsace wine Alsace) is an approximately road, crossing the main wine producing areas of the region. From north to south, the following 67 communes crossed by the "Route" are: Alsace wine Alsace wine or Alsatian wine (in French: "Vin d'Alsace") (German: "Weinbau in Elsass") is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white wine. Because of its Germanic influence, it is the only "Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée" region in France to produce mostly varietal wines, typically from similar grape varieties to those used in German wine. Along with Austria and Germany, it produces some of the most noted dry Rieslings