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Wine Regions

Up-and-Coming White Wine Regions

31 August 2010
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Today more than ever before, white wine buyers are faced with a bewildering array of choices when it comes to regions, grapes and production methods. Whereas the shelves of our supermarkets and wine merchants were once a comfortable, if a little predictable, stroll through familiar wine growing territory, today they are a veritable round-the-world adventure. [...]

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McLaren Vale White Wines

22 June 2010
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Thomas Hardy and John Reynell were the first to plant grape vines in Mclaren Vale. David McLaren, the Colonial Manager of the South Australia Company, arrived in the small colony just thirty five kilometers south of Adelaide in 1837, and Hardy and Reynell started planting grape vines in 1838; by 1850 Hardy Winery and Seaview [...]

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Russian Wine

27 April 2010
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Think of the world’s great wine-producing nations and it’s fairly unlikely that Russia will spring to mind. However, whilst this vast country is better known for its vodka than its white wine, it does in fact have a history of wine production that goes back hundreds of years. Although Russian white wine has been somewhat [...]

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White Burgundy Wine

26 November 2009
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With a reputation for elegance and sophistication, white Burgundy wines are an enduring favourite among white wine lovers around the world. Typically made from Chardonnay grapes, white Burgundy is considered to be a class apart from your common or garden Chardonnay wine and is many a wine buff’s tipple of choice. Unfortunately, for wine buyers [...]

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Chablis

22 October 2009
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Photo by CocktailSteward from Wikimedia Commons A much-celebrated wine producing region in the north of Burgundy, France, Chablis is renowned for its excellent white wine, made from the Chardonnay grape. Although made from the same grape varietal as that most popular of white wines – Chardonnay itself – Chablis has a distinctly different and some [...]

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White Wine from Argentina

13 October 2009
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Argentina is currently the fifth largest wine producer in the world. The country has been making wines for over 400 years, after immigration from Spain, France and Italy. The wines are well known for their excellent value for money, you can find high quality, interesting wines for a snip of the price of areas such [...]

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Burgundy White Wine

8 July 2009
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Burgundy is a beautiful region in Eastern France that is famous throughout the world for producing an exquisite variety of red and white wines, which are made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes respectively. The picturesque and historical region of Burgundy is amongst the most Terroir-oriented in France, which essentially refers to the unique geographical [...]

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New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc

7 June 2009
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New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is a renowned wine in the world, and one of the most profitable too. It is relatively easy to produce, yet the high quality and pleasing tastes mean it can command a premium. New Zealand’s Savignon Blanc is one of the best of its kind in the world. This commercial breakthrough [...]

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French White Wine

18 February 2009
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To make wine, the juice of grapes is introduced to yeast (a living organism) which feeds off the sugars in the fruit converting them into alcohol and carbon dioxide. When all the sugars have been converted a wine is described as ‘dry’. When residual sugars remain, the wine is sweeter. With so few ingredients you [...]

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Spanish White Wine

11 February 2009
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As you would expect with a country that has witnessed the rise and fall of many civilisations, Spain has much to offer in terms of history and culture and it is fair to say that wine is a firm part of its traditions today just as much as ever. It was the Phonecians who first [...]

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Australian White Wine

3 February 2009
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Australia is often regarded as a ‘new-world’ wine making region, a market that has really only been in the competition for just over a decade. However, as any proud Australian will tell you, this nation’s wine-making history is as deep and rich as any good bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. It was Governor Phillip, a British [...]

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