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Burgundy Villages North to South

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Chablis
Cote d'Or
Cote Challonnaise
Cote Maconnais
Beaujolais
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Burgundy Villages Cote de Nuits

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Marsannay
Gevrey Chambertin
Morey St. Denis
Chambolle-Musigny
Vougeot
Vosne-Romanee
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Burgundy Villages Cote de Beaune

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Aloxe-Corton
Pommard
Volnay
Meursault
Saint-Aubin
Puligny-Montrachet
Chassagne-Montrachet
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Burgundy Villages Cote Challonnaise

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Bouzeron
Rully
Mercurey
Givry
Montagny
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Burgundy Villages Cote Maconnais

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Macon
Saint-Veran
Pouilly-Fuisse

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Chablis Grand Crus

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Blanchot
Bougros
Les Clos
Grenouilles
Preuses
Valmur
Vaudesir
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Burgundy Grand Crus

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Chambertin - Gevrey-Chambertin
Anything Chambertin - Gevrey-Chambertin

Bonnes-Mares - Morey-Saint-Denis
Clos de la Roche - Morey-Saint-Denis
Clos de Lambrays - Morey-Saint-Denis
Clos de Tart - Morey-Saint-Denis
Clos Saint-Denis - Morey-Saint-Denis

Bonnes-Mares - Chambolle-Musigny
Musigny - Chambolle-Musigny

Clos de Vougeot - Vougeot

Echezeaux - Flagey-Echezeaux
Grands Echezeaux - Flagey-Echezeaux

La Grande Rue - Vosne-Romanee
La Romanee - Vosne-Romanee
La Tache - Vosne-Romanee
Richebourg - Vosne-Romanee
Romanee-Conti - Vosne-Romanee
Romanee-Saint-Vivant - Vosne-Romanee

Corton - Pernand-Vergelesses
Charlemagne - Pernand-Vergelesses
Corton-Charlemagne - Ladoix Serrigny

Batard-Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Chevalier-Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet
Criots-Batard-Montrachet - Puligny-Montrachet

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Bordeaux Crus

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First Growths (1er Cru Classé)

Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Pauillac
Chateau Latour, Pauillac
Chateau Margaux, Margaux
Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac, Graves
Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Pauillac [promoted in 1973]

Second Growths (2ème Cru Classé)

Chateau Rauzan-Segla, Margaux
Chateau Rauzan-Gassies, Margaux
Chateau Leoville-Las Cases, St-Julien
Chateau Leoville-Poyferre, St-Julien
Chateau Leoville-Barton, St-Julien
Chateau Durfort-Vivens, Margaux
Chateau Gruaud-Larose, St-Julien
Chateau Lascombes, Margaux
Chateau Brane-Cantenac, Margaux
Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron, Pauillac
Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, St-Julien
Chateau Cos d’Estournel, St-Estèphe
Chateau Montrose, St-Estèphe

Third Growths (3ème Cru Classé)

Chateau Kirwan, Margaux
Chateau d’Issan, Margaux
Chateau Lagrange, St-Julien
Chateau Langoa Barton, St-Julien
Chateau Giscours, Margaux
Chateau Malescot St Exupery, Margaux
Chateau Cantenac Brown, Margaux
Chateau Boyd-Cantenac, Margaux
Chateau Palmer, Margaux
Chateau La Lagune, Haut-Medoc
Chateau Desmirail, Margaux
Chateau Dubignon, Margaux
Chateau Calon-Segur, St-Estèphe
Chateau Ferrière, Margaux
Chateau Marquis d’Alesme Becker, Margaux

Fourth Growths (4ème Cru Classé)

Chateau Saint-Pierre, St-Julien
Chateau Talbot, St-Julien
Chateau Branaire-Ducru, St-Julien
Chateau Duhart-Milon, Pauillac
Chateau Pouget, Margaux
Chateau La Tour Carnet, Haut-Medoc
Chateau Lafon-Rochet, St-Estèphe
Chateau Beychevelle, St-Julien
Chateau Prieure-Lichine, Margaux
Chateau Marquis de Terme, Margaux

Fifth Growths (5ème Cru Classé)

Chateau Pontet-Canet, Pauillac
Chateau Batailley, Pauillac
Chateau Haut-Batailley, Pauillac
Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste, Pauillac
Chateau Grand-Puy-Ducasse, Pauillac
Chateau Lynch-Bages, Pauillac
Chateau Lynch-Moussas, Pauillac
Chateau Dauzac, Margaux
Chateau d’Armailhac, Pauillac
Chateau du Tertre, Margaux
Chateau Haut-Bages-Liberal, Pauillac
Chateau Pedesclaux, Pauillac
Chateau Belgrave, Haut-Medoc
Chateau de Camensac, Haut-Medoc
Chateau Cos Labory, St-Estèphe
Chateau Clerc-Milon, Pauillac
Chateau Croizet Bages, Pauillac
Chateau Cantemerle, Haut-Medoc [added in 1856]
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Champagne NM/RM/RC/CM/SR/ND/MA

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NM : Négociant manipulant. A person or legal entity that buys grapes, grape must or wine to make Champagne on their own premises and market it under their own label.
All of the big Champagne Houses belong in this category.

RM : Récoltant manipulant. A grower who makes and markets Champagne under their own label, from grapes exclusively sourced from their own vineyards and processed on their own premises.

RC : Récoltant-coopérateur. A cooperative-grower who markets co-op produced Champagne under their own label.

CM : Coopérative de manipulation. A wine co-op that markets Champagne made from members’ grapes.

SR : Société de Récoltants. A family firm of growers that makes and markets Champagne under its own label, using grapes sourced from family vineyards.

ND : Négociant distributeur. A distributor who buys in finished bottles of Champagne for labelling on their own premises.

MA : Marque d’Acheteur. An ‘own brand’ wine label produced exclusively for one client (supermarket, celebrity or other).
These initials form part of Champagne labelling requirements and must be used on every bottle of Champagne. See page ‘Reading a Champagne label’.

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Champagne bottle size

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25.36oz in one champagne bottle
fills 6 glasses

Wine 5 glasses

Magnum: 1.5L (2 bottles of Champagne)
Jeroboam: 3L (4 bottles of Champagne)

Methuselah: 6L (8 bottles of Champagne)
Salmanazar: 9L (12 bottles of Champagne)
Balthazar: 12L (16 bottles of Champagne)
Nebuchadnezzar: 15L (20 bottles of Champagne)
Solomon: 18L (24 bottles of Champagne)
Sovereign: 26.25L (35 bottles of Champagne)
Primat: 27L (36 bottles of Champagne)
Melchizedek: 30L (40 bottles of Champagne)

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Meritage?

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Meritage is a name for red and white Bordeaux-style wines without infringing on the Bordeaux (France) region’s legally protected designation of origin. Winemakers must license the Meritage trademark from its owner, the California-based Meritage Alliance.

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Australia wine map

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Western Aus
Margaret River

South Aus
Clare / Eden / Barossa / Adelaide / Mclaren Vale

Victoria
Rutherglen / Mornington Peninsula / Yarra Valley

New South Wales
Hunter Valley
Riverina

Tasmania

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Argentina

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Salta
Tucuman
Catamarca
La Rioja
San Juan
Mendoza: Maipo / Lujan de Cuyo / Uco Valley
Patagonia
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Chile

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Atacama Region
Coquimbo Region
Aconcagua Region
Central Valley Region: Maipo Valley / Cachapoal valley, Rapel vallye, Colchagua Valley, Curico Valley, Maule Valley
South Region
Austral Region
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Champagne

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Montagne de Reims: Pinot Noir
Vallee de la Marne: Pinot Meunier
Cote des Blancs: Chardonnay 
(Avize, Chouilly, Cramant, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Oger, Oiry)
Cote de Sezanne: Chardonnay
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Loire

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Pays Nantais: Muscadet
Muscadet Sevre et Maine

Anjou-Saumur: Chenin / Cab Franc / Gamay
Savennieres
Anjou
Saumur
Quarts de Chaume
Bonnezeaux

Tourraine: Chenin / Cab Franc, Sauv Blanc / Chard
Chinon
Bourgueil

Centre: Sauv Blanc, Pinot, Gamay, Chard
Pouilly Fume
Sancerre

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Northern Rhone

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Cote Rotie
Condrieu
Saint Joseph
Hermitage
Crozes Hermitage
Cornas
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Southern Rhone

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Cote du Rhone
Rasteau
Gigondas
Vacqueyras
Chateauneuf du Pape
Lirac
Tavel (all rose)
Beaumes de Venise
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Germany

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Sachsen
Saale-Unstrut
Ahr
Mosel
Franken
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Nahe
Hessische Bergstrasse
Pfalz
Wuerttemberg
Baden
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Italy

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Trentino-Alto Adige

Lombardy Fanciacorta

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Veneto

Piedmont

Emilia-Romagna

Tuscany

Le Marche

Umbria

Abruzzo

Lazio

Campania

Puglia

Basilicata

Calabria

Sicily

Sardegna

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Trentino-Alto Adige

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Trento Doc
Pinot Grigio
Gewurz
Muller-Thurgau

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Lombardy

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Franciacorta

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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Pinot Grigio
Merlot
Cab Franc

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Veneto

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Prosecco
Soave (Garganega)
Valpolicella
Merlot
Pinot Grigio
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Piedmont

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Barbera
Nebbiolo
Moscato d'Asti
Dolcetto
Gavi (Cortese)
Barchetto
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Emilia-Romagna

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Trebbiano
Lambrusco
Sangiovese

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Liguria

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Vermentino

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Tuscany

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Sangiovese 
Chianti
Brunello di Montalcino
Trebbiano
Merlot
Cabernet Franc
Cab Sauv
Vin Santo
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Le Marche

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Verdicchio

Montepulciano

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Umbria

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Sangiovese
Grechetto
Merlot
Sagrantino

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Abruzzo

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Montepulciano (Montepulciano d’Abruzzo)

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Lazio

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Malvasia
Trebbiano
Sangiovese

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Campania

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Aglianico

Malvasia

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Puglia

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Primitivo

Negroamaro

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Basilicata

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Aglianico

Primitivo

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Calabria

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Greco Nero

Greco Bianco

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Sicily

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Nero d’Avola
Inzolia
Nerello Mascalese

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Sardegna

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Grenache
Vermentino
Carignan

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New Zealand

North Island

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Northland
Auckland
Waikato
Gisborne
Hawke's Bay
Wairarapa
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New Zealand

South Island

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Nelson
Marlborough
Waipara Valley
Central Otago

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Portugal

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Vinho Verde
Tras-Os-Montes
Douro Valley
Tavora-Varosa
Dao
Bairrada
Beira Interior
Lisboa
Tejo
Alentejo
Setubal
Algarve
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South Africa

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COASTAL REGION
Swartland
Paarl
Franschhoek
Stellenbosch
Constantia

CAPE SOUTH COAST
Elgin

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Spain

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Pais Vasco
Hondarrabi Zuri (Txacolina)

La Rioja
Rioja Alta / Rioja Baja / Rioja Alavesa

Galicia
Albarino / Mencia / Godello

Castilla Y Leon (Ribera del Duero)
Tempranillo / Verdejo / Mencia

Catalunya
Cava / Garnacha / Syrah

Castilla-la Mancha
Airen / Bobal / Monastrell / Tempranillo

Valencia
Monastrel / Airen / Bobal

Murcia
Monastrell / Syrah

Andalucia
Sherry / Pedro Ximenez / Palomino

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Central Coast CA

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San Francisco Bay
San Benito
Monterey
Paso Robles
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
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Napa Valley CA

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Calistoga
Howell Mountain
Diamond Mountain
Spring Mountain
Saint Helena
Rutherford
Oakville
Yountville
Stags Leap
Mount Vedeer
Atlas Peak
Carneros
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North Coast CA

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Mendocino
Anderson Valley / Mendocino Ridge

Sonoma
Alexander Valley
Dry Creek Valley
Russian River Valley

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Oregon

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Columbia Valley: Walla Walla

Willamette Valley: Dundee Hills / Ribbon Ridge / McMinnville

Southern Oregon: Red Hills Douglas County / Rogue Valley / Umqua Valley

Snake River Valley

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Washington

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Columbia Valley: Walla Walla / Snipes Mountain / Red Mountain

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