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Grapes from the world

The Margaret River
This tiny but famous region has the ultimate maritime climate, situated at the point where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet.

Grecian Beauties
The wine business is changing so fast these days that if you blink, you might not keep up with the pace. So if your idea of Greek wine is oxidized and pungent Retsina, think again.

South Africa
South Africa produces a little more than 3% of the world’s wines, and is currently the 8th largest producer in the world, with around 110,000 hectares of vineyards. But wine has a long-standing traditon here, as the first plantings were made in Cape Province back in 1652.

Mysteries, sensuality and tasty treats in the Aeolian Islands…
Italy brings to mind the wines of Tuscany, Pouilles, Lombardy etc… And those from Piedmont that we’ve just told you all about.

The Douro Boys
Portugal world-famous for its great Ports and Madeiras has woken up to the global wine market and began to produce some extraordinary table wines.

Wines of Patagonia
In the 1960’s, Chandon set up his first subsidiary on the other side of the Atlantic in Argentina, by purchasing approximately 1,000 acres in Patagonia in Choele Choel in Río Negro, for the purpose of planting a 100-acre vineyard. Then he withdrew towards Agrelo, not for technical reasons, but rather because Mendoza offered better conditions. If the prestigious French winery had stayed put in Patagonia, the sparkling wines of North Patagonia would have already been half a century old and the history of Argentine wine would have been quite different.

New Zealand
Few wine growing countries are as attached to a type of vine as New Zealand is to its Sauvignon Blanc. The Malborough Valley has become the Sauvignon Blanc’s land of choice, and the product of this land is distinguished worldwide.