Regional
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Regions & Villages
As I expounded in my introduction to this guide to Champagne, most wine regions can be approached from a geographical point of view.
Regions
Anderson Valley Winegrowers (CA)--Links to various local wineries.
Australian Wines
Austrian Wines
Bordeaux Wines: The Medoc--Located in southwestern France near Bordeaux, the Médoc area offers some
of the most famous crus of red wines.
Regions outside Europe
The newer wine-producing countries, lacking the centuries-old viticultural regions of Europe, emphasize the grape variety in their production of fine wines.
The region's reputation for wine production dates back to the Middle Ages when Pope Urban II, a native Champenois, declared that the wine of Aÿ in the Marne département was the best wine produced in the world.
The region is wide and follow the river, starting in the Auvergne and Massif Central and finishing in the Atlantic coast around Nantes city.
The Loire river is wide and deep. The landscape is quiet and undulated.
Wine Regions
Napa Valley
A little more than an hour’s drive east of San Francisco, Napa Valley is California’s most prestigious wine region.
The five regions of north-central and northwest Italy cover much of the great arc of the Alps and Apennines that walls in the Po as it flows east through its broad valley to the Adriatic.
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Radiating out from the city are the wine regions. To the North lies the Médoc, to the east are Entre-deux-Mers and St. Emilion and to the south are Sauternes and Graves.
Napa Wine Regions
Napa Valley Appellations
Located 60 miles north of San Francisco Bay and a few miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, the Napa Valley features an amazing diversity of soils, climates and terrain.
Classic examples are made from Chardonnay grapes in the Chablis region of France. Wines from the Carneros region of the Napa Valley in California are sometimes so described as well.
Regional Grape Varieties :
Association of grape varieties authorized or recommended on a plot of land.
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Region
A geographical area less specific than a district, but more specific than a country.
Reserva
A Spanish red wine from Rioja that is aged at least 1 year in barrel and 2 years in bottle before release.
Wine Region - This tells you where the grapes came from. If the specific wine region or "American Viticultural Area" like Napa is on the label, at least 85% of the grapes must come from that region.
Wine Regions
Argentina is a strip of a country that runs north-south with the northern region bordering Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay. The country almost wedges Chile into the Pacific with the only buffer between the two being the high Andes.
Region. Geographical area for wine growing less specific than a district; more specific than a state or country.
Reserve. Loose designation for presumably higher quality than "standard" version of the wine.
A region in the Loire Valley in France, specifically in the Anjou. The best wines are made from late harvested Chenin Blanc grapes and are unbelievably long lived. These sweet wines are best enjoyed before the meal rather than after.
The Region of Bordeaux
Despite the fact in the region are also produced dry white wines and sweet and botrytized white wines, Bordeaux is mainly associated to quality red wines, ...
The regions best-known internationally are those along the Danube - Kamptal, Kremstal and, in particular, ...
Sub-region of Bordeaux, named for its gravelly soil, known for both red wines and Bordeaux's most classic dry, racy whites made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.
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About Regions
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Mendoza: Wine Region of Argentina Friuli, Italy Cõtes du Rhõne, France ...
Dao
region in central Portugal
Decanting
wine by pouring it from the bottle into another container enhances aeration and permits removal of sediment ...
The Rhone region of France is developing into an alternative wine growing area to the more expensive and well established Burgundy and Bordeaux regions.
Chipinga
A region in Zimbabwe that produces the most significant coffees in the country.
Cibao
A good but undistinguished coffee from the Dominican Republic.
Major wine regions
Australia
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Decide which region of El Dorado County you want to visit. In Apple Hill, Petite Syrah can be found at Madroña and Camino Jodar is the place for Sangiovese. Across the county in Pleasant Valley, Syrah can be located at Colibri Ridge.
Tuscany. Region of Italy best known for Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino.
Varietal. Wine named for a grape type, like Chardonnay. In U.S., a wine must be at least 75% of a grape type to be called that.
Rioja: A region in northern Spain that produces most of the country's best wines - red, white, and ros.
Robust: Refers top a strong and powerful wine, usually red.
GRAVES
A region inside the larger Bordeaux region of France, named for it's gravelly soil, and known mostly for red wines as well as Bordeaux's classic dry, whites ...
The names are regional variations that have persisted for decades or centuries, but they also give a clue to the wine's style as expressed in a particular region. The result is an appealing diversity that can be fun to sort through.
In Spain, the region of Rias Baixas is known for a great white wine called Albariño (the grape varietal is also called Albariño).
Riesling Wine Regions
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TARRANGO: Hot region red-wine grape variety cross quite popular in, and confined to, Australia. Reportedly derived from Touriga and Sultanina grapes and possessed of low tannins and some acidity.
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Meristem: Region of active growth in a grapevine, made up of meristematic cells that divide to form new cells during growth.
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Beaujolais is a region in France, just south of Burgundy; depending on who you talk to, some experts will include Beaujolais in their discussion of Burgundian wine.
Pick the right Region: France's Burgundy region is one of the best Pinot Noir producing regions in the world, but picking a good wine is very complicated. A smarter bet would be from California or Oregon.
Australian wine regions A bit parochial I know! But where else can you find out what grape varieties are grown where in Australia, how much is grown, and what are the regions like climatically? All in one place. You can find out here ....
albarizaA white marl composed of clay, calcium and sea fossils found in the Jerez region of Spain.
This gives rise in Burgundy to four categories of appellations: (1) regional, e.g. Bourgogne Rouge; (2) communal, which mention the name of the producing village, e.g.
As a rule, cool regions produce wines that are hight in acidity, while warm regions produce wines that are low in acidity
Alcohol: The alcohol present in wine, ranging from about 6.5 to 14 per cent.
The sparkling wine Champagne is named after the northern region of France where it's produced. Other regions of France, as well as other countries, make sparkling wine, but only those from Champagne may be called Champagne.
Dorado - a fortified wine made in the Rueda region with the Verdejo grape.
Dulce - sweet
Enologia - Winemaking
Espeso - Heavy ("thick"), weighty wine
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PINOT NOIR: The premier grape "cépage" of the Burgundy region of France, producing a red wine that is lighter in color than the Bordeaux reds (such as the Cabernet's or Merlot).
A region for growing wine grapes that is officially designated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) based on geographic, climatic and historical criteria. This designation regulates only the use of place names on wine labels.
One of the world's classic regions, the home of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but a total minefield for consumers. The heart of Burgundy, known as the Côte d'Or, is a narrow band of gentle hillside, encompassing some 60 small appellations.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON: A "noble" grape famous as one of the main varieties, along with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and others used to create the magnificent french Bordeaux region blended red wines.
The oldest vines found in the Dry Creek and Amador regions are notable for their ability to produce superior juice; eg.
The famous sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region of France, about 90 miles northeast of Paris. Champagne is generally a blend of three grapesÂ--two red: pinot noir and pinot meunier, and one white: chardonnay.
The wines from Germany 's Mosel region are perhaps the purest expression of the grape, offering lime, pie crust, apple, slate and honeysuckle characteristics on a light-bodied and racy frame.
The best brandies come from two different regions in France: Armagnac (the original district, where the wine goes through the still only once) and Cognac (a newer, but better-known region, where the wine is distilled twice).
First, determine what region to visit. There are wineries located near or en route to most popular urban areas and natural attractions.
Term which can have several meanings, but often indicating a wine of mark in opposition to a wine of vintage or castle; by abuse, employee sometimes to indicate regional names (for example " Bordeaux wine ", " Burgundy "...). GEWURZTRAMINER ...
g: Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Mosel, Nahe regions etc.) - in Germany and also in other temperate regions of Europe. It is also grown in N.
The wine will vary in style according to the regional and climatic variations. It may be dry, with high acid and slightly sweet through to very sweet if the fruit has been affected by botrytis and/or frost.
Now, Cote d'Or also makes white Burgundies from the Chardonnay grape, but, unlike the Chablis region, it does not identify its wines as "Cote d' Or". Also, unlike the Chablis region, the Cote d' Or region doesn't just grow Chardonnay.
Zinfandel was long considered to be the same grape as the Primitivo of Southern Italy's Puglia region. In fact it seems to be its twin with the rare Crjenak Kaštelanski (from Central Dalmatia) as the clone mother.
They classified each growing area of California as a Region, based on heat summation data. Vines are only physiologically active above 50° F. The degree days are the total of the average daily temperatures above this point.
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