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World Wine Regions – North America – California

Even though wineries exist in every American state, California continues to produce approximately ninety percent of all American wines (of

The oldest evidence of winemaking comes to us from the Caucasus region and the Middle East (where the present-day countries

The Challenge of the “Other 47” States For reasons involving Pacific Ocean currents, the configuration of mountain chains, volcanic activity

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Narrow Liguria is shaped like an upside down boomerang, with the great maritime city of Genoa in the east-west center.

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The Valle d’Aosta is Italy’s smallest region, bordering France, Switzerland and the Italian (major wine-producing) region of Piemonte to its

We finished France by explaining the apparent blank spots on the map, those regions where wine is not produced. We

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Those Blank Spots on the Map The blank spots on the map of France, circled and numbered above, require some

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The most prestigious individual appellation is Châteauneuf-du-Pape which, as we have already discussed, allows a blend of up to ten

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Burgundy and Bordeaux are often spoken of in conjunction because of their equivalent renown, and the fact that they both

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France produces more fine wine than any other country. France also produces a great deal of mediocre wine, but that