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(Continued from “The Mediterranean Heart II” on 17 July 2015) The British penchant for fortified wines may variously be due to the cool climate of the British Isles, recurrent wars with
The US is the 4th largest wine-producing country in the world and, by some distance, the largest in the New World. Wine is produced in all 50 states, including the
For various reasons, Irish whiskey is often overshadowed by Scotch whisky; little known is the fact that whiskey actually predates whisky by nearly a century, and not just by way
(Continued from “The Catalonian Littoral” on 28 August 2015) Situated along the western boundary of Catalonia bordering Aragón, Costers del Segre (literally: banks of the Segre) is Catalonia’s most inland wine
Arguably the most glamorous of Italy’s 20 administrative regions, Veneto is surely one of the most important in terms of fine wines. Whilst Piemonte is rightly proud of its Moscato,
Multiple parallels can be drawn between Burgundy’s Nuits-Saint-Georges and Bordeaux’s Saint-Julien, and not just for the “Saint” in their illustrious names. Both are sometimes unfairly overlooked due to their mighty
Traditionally a baijiu and huangjiu country, the concept of Chinese wine may at the first sight appear as peculiar as employing Oriental brush strokes and paper to depict biblical stories.
(Continued from “The Catalonian Priory” on 8 May 2015) Situated southwest of Barcelona and northeast of Tarragona, Penedés (or Penedès in Catalan) is one of the oldest wine-producing areas in Western
Sandwiched between Burgundy and Switzerland, Jura is perhaps France’s best-kept vinous secret, one with idiosyncratic character and Byzantine complexity. Named after the Jura Mountains, it refers to both the département
Armagnac is both the name of a historic province – for long in existence under the Ancien Régime and replaced by the département system subsequent to the French Revolution –
Austria and Germany are brothers in various ways, and Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol in German) is to Austria what Alsace (Elsass in German) is to Germany. Both Trentino-Alto Adige and Alsace
At just over 1 million km2, Argentina is as big as France and Spain combined, while its population is roughly equivalent to the latter. To its west across the Andes,
Situated in the northwesternmost of Portugal braving the Atlantic Ocean, the Vinho Verde region is indeed green, and in various aspects – its landscape, Portugal’s comfort food caldo verde and,
(Continued from “The Mediterranean Heart” on 15 May 2015) There are but a handful of wine regions that are simultaneously UNESCO World Heritage Sites, eg. Austria’s Wachau, Germany’s Rhine Gorge, Hungary’s
(Continued from “The Sindhu Revival” on 24 June 2015) Lying between 6th parallel north (on a par with Central Africa) and 37th parallel north (on a par with Sicily), mainland India
Situated in the northeastern corner of the South Island along the 41st parallel south, Marlborough is not only the cradle of New Zealand wine, but also home to some of
Situated some 130km north of state capital Adelaide, Clare Valley is the northernmost wine region within the Mount Lofty Ranges zone of South Australia, one of the 6 Federated States
Wine has been inseparable from the Christian faith since the institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper. Notwithstanding the East-West Schism, both Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy reserve a
Home to one of the four cradles of civilisation, India has a viticultural history which can be traced back to the 4th millennium BC, when vines were introduced via ancient
Possibly the most northerly wine-producing area of Europe, England can trace its viticultural history back to 1st century AD, when modern-day England and Wales were conquered by the Romans and
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