You think you know wine? You can’t say that until you know French wine. And what’s the best place to get a feel for some of the best wines in the world? Bordeaux, of course. Bordeaux is a wine region in western France, situated on the Atlantic coast. It makes some 26 percent of all AOC wine. The region produces mainly red wines, about 83 percent, dry reds to be more precise. [ Read More ]
Puglia is the biggest producer of wine in Italy, 17% of all Italian wines come from this region. Out of this 60% are reds. The flagship red grape is Primitivo, used to make food wines. These luscious, heavy wines fit perfectly with the local cuisine. But Puglia has a bit of a shameful background. For years it has produced “plonk”. Plonk is a term used to refer to very poor [ Read More ]
Italy is one of those countries that could turn any grape into wine. It is one of the oldest winemaking countries being known to produce since antiquity. One of the key factors that makes Italy such a good place for vineyards is the wide range of weather and terrain. Due to this they can and do produce a vast selection of wines. Let’s have a look at the regions that [ Read More ]
Having over 2.9 million acres of vine plantations, Spain is the third largest producer of wine in the world. It has the biggest surface are of vineyards in the world but the dry climate makes for a low yield. Most of Spain’s wines are made out of native grapes, giving them an advantage of uniqueness over the widely spread Cabernets, Merlots and Pinots. More than half of Spain’s wines are [ Read More ]
It seems that, nowadays, it’s all about reputation. If you think of a French wine, you say to yourself “hmm… it must be good”, even though you never tasted a French wine before, you just heard other people talk about it. With Germany it is a little more complicated than that. It is known for producing some of the most elegant and aromatically pure white wines, but others say that [ Read More ]
Argentina’s culinary and winemaking culture has heavy Spanish influences. The first vines were brought into Argentina by the Spanish man Juan Cedron in the year 1557. Since then, like in many other countries, the production of wine has only grown. Santiago del Estero was the place where it all started. Although in the past the majority of winemakers in Argentina were more interested in quantity than quality, the perspective of [ Read More ]