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Wines of the world Flashcards

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Bordeaux - Left Bank

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Single commune appellations - v high quality Cab dominant Bordeaux Blends

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Bordeaux - Right Bank

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  • Merlot dominant blends
  • High Quality in Saint Emilion GC, Pomerol
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Bordeaux - Entre-deux-mers

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  • Whites only in AOC, but reds under regional AOC
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Bordeaux - Graves

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  • High quality (one 1st growth) in Pessac Leognan
  • Sweet wines in Sauternes/Barsac and others
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Burgundy - Cote de Nuits

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Pinot Noir

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Burgundy - Cote de Beaune

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Chardonnay

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Burgundy - Cote Chalonaise

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More Red than White

Pinot Noir

Chardonnay

Aligote in Bouzeron AOC.

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Burgundy - Maconnais

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Chardonnay

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Burgundy - Chablis

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Chardonnay

Dry, medium body, medium alchohol, high acid

No/minimal oak, but some on 1er/GC

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Beaujolais - Regional

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Gamay ([semi]carbonic)

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Beaujolais - Villages

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Gamay ([semi]carbonic)

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Beaujolais - Cru

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Gamay (some more Burgundian style)

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Alsace -

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  • Single varietal noble (Reisling, Pinot Gris, Gweurztraminer, Muscat)
  • Best quality on foothills of Vosges vs flat plains
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Loire - Pays Nantais

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Muscadet

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Loire - Anjou-Saumur

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  • Chenin (dry, off dry, sweet)
  • Cabernet Franc (red, rose)
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Loire - Tourraine

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  • Chenin (dry, off dry, sweet)
  • Cabernet Franc (red, rose)
  • Sauvignon Blanc
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Loire - Central Vineyards

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  • Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre/Pouilly Fume)
  • Pinot Noir
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Rhone - North

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  • Syrah, Viognier, Marsanne/Rousanne
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Rhone - South

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  • Red - GSM/Cinsault blends
  • White - Grenache Blanc blends
  • Rose - Short maceration
  • Large volumes of basic AOC/IGP
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South France - Languedoc

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  • Large volumes of IGP wines (sv Merlot, CS, Syrah, Chardonnay)
  • All AOCs require min 2 varieties
  • Local + Rhone varieties (ie GSM)
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South France - Rousillon

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  • Majority red, then rose, small white
  • Roughly equal AOC/PGI
  • GSM + Carignan
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South France - Provence

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  • 90% Rose (Grenache/Cinsault/Tibouren)
  • Red wines of Bandol (Mourvedre)
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South West France - Monbazillac

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Sweet White Wines

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South West France - Bergerac

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  • Bordeaux varieties (red, dry/sweet white, rose)
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South West France - Cahors

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Malbec (Cot)

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South West France - Madiran

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High tannin reds from tannat

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South West France - Jurançon

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Dry to sweet Petit/Gros Manseng

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Jura -

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  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Savignin
  • Plousard
  • Trousseau
  • Vin de Paille (sweet, dried off vine)
  • Vin Jaune (oxidative)
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Germany - Reinhessen

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  • Riesling, Muller Thurgau
  • Dornfelder, Spatburgunder
  • Majority high volume
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Germany - Phalz

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  • Riesling, Muller Thurgau
  • Dornfelder, Spatburgunder
  • High volume and high quality produced
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Germany - Baden

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  • Known for Spatburgunder
  • 59% white, inexpensive Muller Thurgau blends
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Germany - Württembert

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  • Light, fruity red wines for domestic market
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Germany - Mosel

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  • Great Riesling, including sweet + Eiswein
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Germany - Franken

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  • Dry white, mostly Muller Thurgau
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Germany - Nahe

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  • Whites, 30% Riesling, riper/more body than Mosel
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Germany - Rheingau

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  • Prestigious, high quality Rieslings
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Germany - Ahr

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  • Black dominates, VG quality Spatburgunder
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Austria - Niederösterreich

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  • Riesling/Gruner
  • Weinverteil (DAC is GV only) - peppery
  • Wachau - premium
  • Kremstal - Zweigelt
  • Kamptal - Gruner
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Austria - Bergenland

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  • Blaufrankisch
  • Zweigelt (esp Mittleburgenland)
  • Gruner Veltliner
  • Welschriesling (sweet in Neusiedlersee)
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Austria - Steiermark

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  • Crisp dry whites (Welschriesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Weissburgunder)
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Austria - Wien

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  • Blended, dry, unoaked white
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Tokaj -

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  • Furmint, Harslevelu, Sarga Muskotaly (Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains)
  • Sweet - Aszu (botrytis), Eszencia (free run Aszu), Late Harvest, Szamododni (as it comes/mixed)
  • Dry
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Greece - Macedonia

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  • PDO Naoussa/PDO Amynteo
  • Red wines from 100% Xinomavro - can be blended but not labelled PDO
  • Amynteo - rose is permitted and wines are lighter body/lower tannin
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Greece - Peloponnese

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  • Dominated by white grapes
  • PDO Nemea - Red wines from 100% Agiorgitiko
  • PDO Mantinia - White wines, Moschofilero, Roditis.
  • Outside PDOs - high volume wines - Agorigitiko/Roditis
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Greece - Santorini

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Dry and sweet Assyrtiko

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NE Italy - Trentino

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  • Mainly unoaked, fresh Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Muller Thurgau
  • Teroldego, Merlot, Marzemino
  • 80% Co-op
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NE Italy - Alto-Adige

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  • Schiavia (pale red)
  • Pinot Grigio + other internat (Gewurz, Chard, PB, PN, SB)
  • Lagrein
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NE Italy - Friuli

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  • Quality, white, single varietal
  • 25% Pinot Grigio, wide range of local varieties
  • Orange wines
  • Speciality grapes - Friuliano / Ribolla Gialla / Refosco
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NE Italy - Veneto

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  • Soave (Garganega) - typically no oak (some highend are oaked)
  • Valpolicella (Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella)
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NW Italy - Barolo

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Nebbiolo

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NW Italy - Barbaresco

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Nebbiolo

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NW Italy - Roero

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  • Nebbiolo
  • Arneis
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NW Italy - Gavi

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Cortese

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NW Italy - Alba

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  • Dolchetto
  • Nebiollo
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Central Italy - Tuscany

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  • Sangiovese
  • Super Tuscan (Bordeaux blends)
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Central Italy - Umbria

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  • Sangiovese blends
  • Grechetto di Orvieto, Trebiano Toscano - Orvieto DOC (white)
  • Sagrantino (red)
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Central Italy - Marche

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  • Montepulciano/Sangiovese blends
  • Verdicchio
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Central Italy - Abruzzo

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  • Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
  • Trebbiano d’Abruzzo
  • Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo (Montepulciano rose)
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Central Italy - Lazio

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Malvasia/Trebbiano Toscano blends

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Southern Italy - Campania

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  • Notable for varietal or 85% + auth blending
  • Local whites (Falangina, Greco, Fiano)
  • Aglianico (in Taurasi)
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Southern Italy - Puglia

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  • Large volume, mainly black bulk wines (Sangiovese, Primitivo, Negroamaro, Montepulciano)
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Southern Italy - Basilicata

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  • Simple IGT wines
  • High quality Aglianico
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Southern Italy - Sicily

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  • Catarato (W)
  • Nero d’Avola (R )
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Southern Italy - Sardinia

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  • Cannonau (Grenache) (R)
  • Vermentino (W)
  • Carignano (Carignan) (R)
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Spain - Galacia

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  • Albarino - usually single varietal, some blends (95%)
  • Further inland - Mencia (R), Godello (W)
    • Treixadura (W)- Riberio DO
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Spain - Castilla y León

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  • Bierzo - Mencía
  • Toro - Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo, thicker skins)
  • Ribera del Duero - Tempranillo (Tinto Foro) 75% min
  • Rueda - Almost entirely white, Verdejo, Sauvignon Blanc
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Spain - Rioja

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  • Tempranillo reds.
  • Garnacha (8% plantings) but suited to Rioja Oriental
  • Viura (Macabeo) whites
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Spain - Navarra

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  • Wide range, Tempanillo, Cab, Merlot, Grenache
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Spain - Aragon

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  • Carinena, Campo de Borja, Calatayud - Red wine - old vine Garnacha
  • Somontano - Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Gwertztraminer
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Spain - Catalunya

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  • Catalunya - Inexpensive/mid priced, range of varieties
  • Penedes - 80% white, large range
  • Priorat - Garnacha, Carinena
  • Montsant - Garnacha, Carinena
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Spain - Valencia + Murcia - Valencia DO

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  • Diverse (Alicante Bouschet, Tempranillo, Cab, Monastrell, Merseguera, Macabao)
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Spain - Castilla-La Mancha

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  • La Mancha DO - Low intensity Airen, Fruity Cencibel (Tempranillo)
  • Valdepenas DO - Good quality - Cencibel (Tempranillo)
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Spain - Basque Country

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Hondarrabi Zuri - white

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Spain - Sierra de Gredos

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  • Old vine Garnacha
  • Albillo Real
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Spain - The Islands

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  • Baleric Manto Negro, Callet
  • Canaries - Local grapes
76
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Portugal - Vinho Verde

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  • Over 80% white -
  • Alvarinho (W)
  • Vinhao (R)
77
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Portugal - Duoro

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  • 70% Red - Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz
  • Viosinho, Rabigato
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Portugal - Dao

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  • 80% Red - Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Jaen, Alfrocheiro
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Portugal - Bairrada

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  • Baga (R)
  • Maria Gomes (W)
80
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Portugal - Alentejo

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Wide range. Aragonez (Tempranillo) (R ) Roupeiro (W)

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Portugal - Lisboa

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  • Full bodies reds inland (other side of mountains) - Touriga Nacional, Aragonez, High acid W - Arinto
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Portugal - Peninsula de Setubal

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Castelão (in Palmela DOC)

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Portugal - Tejo

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  • Wide range, fruity, early drinking
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California -

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  • Chadonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Merlot
  • Coastal AVAs- Chard, Pinot, aromatic whites
  • Inland AVAs - big reds. SB and Riesling possible at altitude
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Oregon - Willamette Valley AVA

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  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Gris
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Oregon - Southern Oregon AVA

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  • Rhone Varietals
  • Rogue Valley (south) - Merlot, Cab, Syrah, Tempranillo
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Oregon - Walla Walla Valley AVA

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  • Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah
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Washington State - Columbia Valley AVA

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  • Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Riesling, Syrah
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Washington State - Puget Sound AVA

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  • Weird hybrids
  • Pinot Noir, Riesling
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NY State - Finger Lakes AVA

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  • Riesling, Cabernet Franc
  • Weird hybrids
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NY State - Long Island AVA

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  • Bordeaux varieties (Merlot in particular)
  • Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc
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Canada - Ontario

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  • Vidal, Riesling, Chard, Cab Franc - Icewine
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Canada - BC

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  • Merlot (most planted black)
  • Pinot Gris (most planted white)
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cab Sauv
  • Chardonnay
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Chile - Coquimbo

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  • Syrah, SB, Cab, Merlot, Carmenere
95
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Chile - Aconcagua

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  • White wines dominate - Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
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Chile - Central Valley

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  • Inexpensive Merlot
  • High quality Cab/Syrah/Carmenere - Cachapoal/Colchagua Valley
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Chile - Southern

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  • Old vine Pais, Muscat of Alexandria
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Argentina - Salta

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Malbec/Torrontes

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Argentina - La Rioja

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  • High volume, inexpensive red/white
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Argentina - San Juan

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  • Lower sites - inexpensive pink varieties
  • High quality Syrah
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Argentina - Medoza

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Malbec

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Argentina - Patagonia (Neuquen/Rio Negro)

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  • Rio Negro - elegant, old vine PN, Malbec, SB, Riesling
  • Neuquen - same but riper
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South Africa - Olifants River

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  • Dry farmed, old vine ??
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South Africa - Coastal Region

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Big 6

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South Africa - Cape South Coast

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  • Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
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South Africa - Breede River Valley

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Big 6

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South Africa - Klein Karoo

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Port styles

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Australia - South Eastern Zone

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  • Inexpensive, high volume
  • Shiraz, Chardonnay, Semillon.
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Australia - South Australia - Barossa

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  • Barossa - Shiraz, Eden Valley Riesling
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Australia - South Australia - Mount Lofty Ranges

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  • Adelaide Hillls; Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir.
  • Clare Valley Riesling
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Australia - South Australia - Fleurie

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  • Inexpensive to premium red - Shiraz, Cab, Grenache (inc old vines)
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Australia - South Australia - Limestone Coast

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  • Coonawarra red (Cab, Shiraz), some VG white (Chard)
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Australia - Victoria - Port Phillip

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Early ripening (ie Pinot Noir/Chardonnay)

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Australia - Victoria - Western Victoria

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  • Shiraz (inland - Grampians, Pyranees)
  • Riesling (coast - Henty)
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Australia - Victoria - Central Victoria

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  • Full bodied reds (esp Heathcote)
  • Marsanne/Rousanne, Viognier
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Australia - Victoria - North Eastern Victoria

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  • Full bodied Reds
  • Fortified
  • Italian varietals (B/W)
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Australia - Victoria - Gippsland

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  • Chardonnay/Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot on warmer sites
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Australia - New South Wales - Hunter Valley

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  • Semillon
  • Some Chardonnay, Shiraz
119
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Australia - New South Wales - Central Ranges

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  • Shiraz/Cab
  • Chardonnay in Cowra
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Australia - New South Wales - Southern NSW

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  • Shiraz
  • Riesling
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Australia - Western Australia

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  • Margaret River - Cab (often + Merlot), Sauv Blanc, Chardonnay (premium), Semillon
  • Great Southern - Shiraz, Riesling (outstanding)
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Australia - Tasmania

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  • Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
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NZ - Auckland

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Waiheke Island - Cab/Syrah

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NZ - Gisborne

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Chardonnay/Pinot Gris

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NZ - Hawkes Bay

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  • Bordeaux blends
  • Syrah
  • Chardonnay
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NZ - Wairarapa / Martinborough / Gladstone

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Premium Pinot Noir / Sauvignon Blanc

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NZ - Marlborough

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  • Sauvignon Blanc / Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay / Pinot Gris
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NZ - Nelson

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Sauvignon Blanc / Pinot Noir

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NZ - Canterbury

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  • Pinot Noir
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
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NZ - Central Otago

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  • Pinot Noir
  • Some Pinot Gris/Riesling
131
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NZ - Waitaki Valley

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VG Pinot Noir

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Spain - Valencia + Murcia - Utiel-Requena DO

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  • Bobal
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Spain - Valencia + Murcia - Alicante DO

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Monastrell and Muscat of Alexandria (dry/sweet)

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Spain - Valencia + Murcia - Jumilla DO

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  • Monastrell
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Spain - Valencia + Murcia - Yecla DO

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  • Monastrell

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