The India that is not Bharat...

A battle for a glass of red wine ends happily when an Air India traveller magnanimously accepts whiskey instead, reports B S Prakash.Illustration: Uttam GhoshSix years ago, when I was the Indian......

Halibut on White House menu for Dr Singh

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mrs Gursharan Kaur will get a taste, literally, of White House hospitality at the gala dinner tonight. The White House has a long tradition of dining table finesse......

How good are South African wines?

The first time I tasted South African wine was in 1987 when a bunch of us from United Breweries had gone down to Mauritius for a beer conference.Even though the wines were served by tap, they were......

Check out these Australian wines

When Frank Baum wrote the eponymous book back in 1900, little did he know that the Australians (who sometimes also call their country "Oz") would perform quite a bit of wizardry with wine a century......

Nashik, the wine capital of India

Not many people are aware that a host of new wineries have come up in Maharashtra in the last two years, following the forward-looking 'Grape Processing Industrial Policy' of the state government......

Tour de France: Roglic takes control; Bernal waiting for his moment

  IMAGE: Team Jumbo-Visma rider Primoz Roglic of Slovenia, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium.Photograph: Marco Bertorello/Reuters Primoz Roglic took command......

Tour de France: Peters wins 8th stage after first mountain test

IMAGE: AG2r La Mondiale's French rider Nans Peters wins the 8th stage from Cazeres-sur-Garonne to Loudenvielle in France on Saturday. Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Pool via Reuters Some contenders......

Tour de France: Who took yellow jersey on Stage 2?

‘It's a big emotion because I've won on the Tour. I haven't won (a race) since the start of the season. It's great to make it. It was tough but I'm super happy to have won.’ IMAGE:......

Tour de France commences as Kristoff wins stage one

IMAGE: UAE Team Emirates rider Alexander Kristoff of Norway, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after Stage 1 -- Nice Moyen Pays to Nice, France -- of the Tour de......

Tour de France: World No 1 takes yellow jersey

IMAGE: Deceuninck-Quick Step rider Julian Alaphilippe of France, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, at the 208-km Stage 18 from Embrun to Valloire during the Tour de France on Thursday.......