Geography & Climate The Coastal Region is the heart of South Africa’s wine making industry. The beautiful coastal wine region takes its climatic stimuli from both the ocean and the mountains, making it ideal for vine growing. Being...
Geography & Climate North Island is the smaller of the two main islands in New Zealand, the mountain ranges lay as the backdrop for this tropic-like island. Soil consist of mountain run-offs, such as sand, limestone, chalk and...
Geography & Climate Moving further away from the equator, South Island of New Zealand enjoys significantly cooler climate, with more maritime influence. It also experience lighter rainfall compared to the North Island. The central mountain range creates rain...
Geography & Climate New South Wales is the second biggest producing region in Australia, after its neighbor to the West, South Australia. Often overlooked and definitely overshadowed by South Australia, New South Wales has wine-making cut out for...
Geography & Climate Right by the coast of St. Vincent situates the fifth largest city in Australia, Adelaide. Asides of being a coastal city, Adelaide is surrounded by some of Australia’s best wine regions, some are in fact...
When it comes to wine, the whole country is obsessed with ripeness; Germany, along with Austria, are the only two countries in the world to classify their wine’s quality based on its ripeness. There are 2 different classes...
Plum, cherry, strawberry, vanilla, raisin, nutmeg, cinnamon, chocolate, cassis, berry, currant, licorice, white pepper, eucalyptus, cloves, anise, tea leaf, tomato leaf, limestone, chalk, nutty, cedar… the list goes on and on. You couldn’t help but wonder where these...
Having enjoyed an amazing glass of wine and describing it to friends or family could be great joy. Verbalizing such tasteful sensations does take a lot of practice and some understanding of wine. When in comes to describing...
Hunter Valley, which locates on the East coast of Australia. The valley sees moderate rainfall throughout the year, most of it comes during the summer months. Though summer could get hot, but with consistent moisture and breeze, the...
Mountain ranges isolate Rioja from coastal influence. Close to the coast, but Rioja is generally dry and hot especially in Rioja Baja. Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa are further up north stretching up the mountain ranges, these two...
Geography and climate Maipo is where it all started for Chilean Wine industry. It is divided into 3 sub-regions which together stretch from the Pacific coastal to the Ande mountain’s foothill: Pacific Maipo, Central Maipo and Alto Maipo....
Geography and climate Casablanca sits very close to the equator, anywhere else on earth would prove too humid and hot for production of quality grapes. Thanks to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean which moderates the region with...
