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Wine Regions

South African White Wine

12 December 2008
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Hailed by some of the most renowned wine professionals as “the most dramatically beautiful wine country in the world”, South Africa offers a climate similar to the Mediterranean with fresh winds and rain usually confined to winter months giving the best conditions for producing superb quality wines.
The African continent has been home to vineyards [...]

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New World White Wine

12 December 2008
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The fourth-largest wine exporter in the world is Australia, with over 400 million litres a year to the international market. The first fleet to arrive on the continent in 1788 brought with them vine cuttings from South Africa and later classic French and Spanish grapes were imported in 1833. The arrival of free European settlers [...]

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Old World White Wine

12 December 2008
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Generally, Old World wines tend to pride themselves on the vine’s location and historical suitability (known in France as the concept of ‘Terroir’), whereas New World wines might blend grapes from a few locations to create the best bottle of wine. Today differences between Old and New world styles are hard to pick, but that [...]

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