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Know Your Wine
Regions
Quite a few areas of the world are well known for
producing good wine. Of course, they also produce some real stinkers, but the first
indication of good wine is where it comes from; unlike beer (which can be made almost
anywhere), quality wine can be made from grapes growing in relatively few places in the
world. Here are a few:
- The United States makes great wine. The best known
regions are probably California's Napa and Sonoma counties, as well as Oregon.
However, reputable wineries are developing on both coasts.
- The French have been famous for wine for so long that
it's not funny. Wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy regions are probably the most widely available,
along with those from Champagne, of course.
- Italian wines are marvelous. The Chianti
region in Tuscany is the best known worldwide. Spumante, a popular Italian sparkler, is usually made from
grapes from the Asti region in the province of Piedmont.
- The Spanish make very good sparkling wines, called Cavas, along with their Rioja (reds)
and Sherry.
- Chilean wines are growing in popularity, and are known
for being good values. The United States imports a lot of reasonably priced, but very good
Chilean red wine.
- Australia is an up and coming wine producer on the
world market, and their Shiraz is generally a good
bet.
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