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	Australia's wine regions: Wine Diva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fundamental to the organisation and development of the Australian wine industry is the geographic division of the country into wine zones, wine regions and sub-regions.
		Wines become known by and famous for their place of origin so it is essential to protect the integrity and marketing status of named regional wines.
		Region: A region must be a single tract of land, comprising at least five independently owned wine grape vineyards of at least five hectares each and usually produce five hundred tonnes of wine grapes in a year.
	www.winediva.com.au /regions/regions.asp (468 words)

	New Zealand Wine Growing Regions and Local Vineyard Trails: NZ Visitor Guide
		Wine Cellar 'New Zealand in a Bottle' has provided this summary of the main wine growing regions and local vineyard trails as a guide for the visiting wine enthusiast.
		New Zealand’s 15 major wine growing regions fall between the 35th and 45th parallels of latitude, which is comparable with the wine growing areas of Europe.
		Touring New Zealand wine regions is a marvellous way to explore the country, meet the Kiwis and experience our way of life.
	www.wine-cellar.co.nz /regions (395 words)

	Greece and Sumeria - Wine Regions in History
		Homer and Hesiot wrote much about wine in their poetry, extolling this liquid that was everpresent at feasts, and worthy to sacrifice to the gods.
		Wine was carried to Sicily and Italy, to France and the Black Sea.
		This wine is mostly white and sweet, and not typically sought after outside of the country.
	www.wineintro.com /history/regions/greece.html (388 words)

	Australia Wine Regions
		The Coonawarra region, renowned and almost revered for its wineries, is located in the far south east of South Australia.
		It is impossible to say there is one 'best region' in Australia as conditions change from year to year and there is such a diverse range of excellent wine growing areas in the country, however, the Coonawarra has certainly produced some exceptional wines.
		The Granite Belt is a relatively young and up and coming wine region close to the New South Wales - Queensland border near the towns of Tenterfield and Stanhope and within the area encompassed by The Darling Downs.
	www.auinfo.com /australia_wine_regions.htm (1110 words)

	TastingWine.org - Wine Regions
		The chief wine region in Chile is the Maipo Valley.
		The wines from these wineries are aged in large oak barrels and have a good flavour due to this aging process.
		The wines of this valley are also said to have a distinct taste that some individuals refer to as the "sweaty saddle." Despite this strange description, the wines of the Hunter Valley are high quality and sought after throughout the world.
	www.tastingwine.org /regions.php (3644 words)

	Australian Wine
		The actual wine region stretches 30 km from north to south and is 2-3 km at its widest point.
		Victoria's wine history began in 1838 and Victoria was the premier wine State in Australia until the spread of phylloxera, a change in taste/market demand and the expansion of the wine trade in South Australia stunted growth in the State.
		A premium wine region east of Melbourne, the Yarra Valley is so close to the outer fringe of Melbourne that there is a danger of the urban sprawl restricting future growth.
	www.jacobscreek.com /australian-wine/australian-wine-regions.phtml (1999 words)

	Wines of Germany \| Destination Germany \| Wine Regions
		With the exception of Saale-Unstrut and Sachsen in the east, the wine-growing regions are concentrated in the south and southwestern part of Germany.
		They are among the most northerly wine regions in the world and straddle the border between the humid Gulf Stream climate of the west and the dry Continental climate of the east.
		The diversity of German wine stems from the many soil types and grape varieties — there is no "uniform" type or style of German wine — and this diversity is reflected in Germany's 13 wine-growing regions.
	www.germanwineusa.org /destination_germany/regions.php (139 words)

	DrinkWine: Wine Guide - Wine Regions
		The bouquet of a wine refers to smells generated as a result of aging; smells found particularly in mature wines that were aged in a bottle.
		The quality of their wines convinced others to plant vineyards, and the Texas wine region was born.
		Because Texas wine regions enjoy generally warm climates and alkaline soils, Texas wines have the rich fruit flavors reminiscent of California wines balanced by the acidity and structure typical of French wines.
	www.drinkwine.com /wine_guide/wine_regions.html (3031 words)

	INTO WINE Main Page
		Wine for Dummies makes understanding wine easy and fun as one of the top NYC wine directors shows you everything from how wine is created to how to pair it with food.
		You normally wouldn't choose fortified wines to accompany a meal because of their high alcohol content.
		Wine is one of the first things Man created.
	www.intowine.com (396 words)

	Wine.com - Learn about Bordeaux wines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And, while it is the region known for the most ageable, not to mention pricy, red wines of the world, Bordeaux has fallen from the "king of red wine" throne after a few poor vintages, rising prices and more value-driven competitors.
		Named as such for its gravelly soils, Graves is home to some top white wine regions like Pessac-Léognan (for dry whites) and the sweet wine regions of Sauternes and Barsac.
		The heart of the right bank is the city of St.-Émilion and the wine region that surrounds it.
	www.wine.com /aboutwine/basics/appellations.asp?region=11587 (545 words)

	How To Germany - Wine Regions
		The wine from this area, mainly along the Main River to the west and east of Würzburg, is noted for its use of the round, squat bocksbeutel bottle, and for its dry, earthy "Steinwein,:" which comes from a famous old vineyard in Würzburg.
		This area on the west bank of the Rhine, between Mainz and Worms, is Germany's largest wine region in area and is second only to the Pfalz in the amount of wine it produces.
		This region, along the banks of a tributary that joins the Rhine at Remagen, is one of the least known wine areas.
	www.howtogermany.com /pages/wine.html (1437 words)

	USATODAY.com - Wine regions feel the heat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Because wine grapes are so temperature-sensitive, even tiny changes can be the difference between a $200 Cabernet Sauvignon and cooking sherry.
		Wine grapes are generally grown in a narrow band of land with average temperatures between 50 and 68 degrees.
		If it gets much hotter, many world-class wine regions, including southern France and the Napa Valley, may be either at or nearing their optimum climates for the varieties now grown there, say Gregory Jones, a climatologist who specializes in viticulture at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/climate/2006-06-01-wine-warming_x.htm (457 words)

	Italian Wines Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Italian wines are most accurately perceived region by region.Each of the 20 regions is a political entity with certain powers of its own in balance with national laws.
		The nation's most important wine fair, Vinitaly, is held each spring in Verona.The determinant quality factor in all three regions is the climate influenced by the Alps, of which the Venezie are on the sunny side, protected from the damp cold of northern Europe.
		But today the central regions, led by Tuscany with Chianti and other noble reds, are rapidly moving to the forefront of Italian enology.Between them, the six regions produce less than a quarter of the nation's wine, yet they account for about a third of the DOLC or DOCG.
	www.thewineman.com /italian.htm (1665 words)

	WineNews 2005
		The wines are usually red, full bodied and aged in American and French oak barrels, giving the wines distinct nuances like vanilla, cedar and tobacco.
		Varietal wines are predominantly named after the grape, while blended wines frequently carry the name of the producing region.
		California is the premier wine producer in the USA with five major wine growing regions: North Coast (Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino), Central Coast (Monterey and the Bay Area), Sierra Foothills (Calaveras, El Dorado) South Coast (Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties) and Central Valley (Lodi and Woodbridge).
	www.winenews.com /regions.htm (867 words)

	Tasmania Zone - Australian wine regions - Wine Diva Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On a bend of the river near Granton is Stefano Lubiana Wines one of the finest producers of sparkling wine and Pinot Noir in Australia.
		Tasmania is a wine lover's and foodie’s paradise sponsored by a farming culture which values clean, green and genetically unmodified produce.
		The Tasmanian wine industry which formed in earnest in the 1970s and grew rapidly in the 1980s is very much a boutique industry with the focus on handcrafted wines.
	www.winediva.com.au /regions/tasmania.asp (1139 words)

	The Wine Regions of Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Germany has 13 separate wine growing regions, each of which produces its own style of wine, often from the same varietals.
		Generally, the lightest andmost elegant German wines are produced in the Mosel-Sarr-Ruwer and Ahr regions.
		Slightly fuller wines are made inthe Mittelrhein, Nahe, Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Saale-Unstrut, while the fullest German wines tend to come from the regions of Pfalz, Hessische Bergstrasse, Sachsen, W
	www.thewineman.com /GermanWineRegions.htm (64 words)

	Blue Danube Wine Company \| Wine Regions \| Croatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Croatia’s wine country is divided into two broad regions, coastal and continental, each with sub-regions divided yet further into smaller districts.
		The inland region, stretching from northwest to southeast along the Drava and Sava rivers as they flow eastward into the Danube, has a warmer Continental climate.
		The coastal wine region runs along the Adriatic coast and includes Istria in the north and Dalmatia to the south.
	www.bluedanubewine.com /croatia.html (531 words)

	Wine Regions \| South African Wine \| Chilean Wine \| Spanish Wine \|... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A bigger wine producer than most anticipate (seventh in the world), and with a unique geography that makes it the only wine growing area to be nestled between two oceans, South Africa has realized a contribution to world wine making that has deep and venerable roots.
		Prior to the late 1400's, the Champagne region of France was in a neck and neck race with Burgundy to produce the finest wines for the French King.
		One of the major considerations with Italy's unique wine style is the wide range of diverse cultures that exist throughout its twenty wine regions.
	www.savoreachglass.com /wine.php/wine_regions (1377 words)

	Wine Business - Home Page for the Wine Industry
		According to a new study released yesterday, the California wine industry has an economic impact of $103 billion on the United States economy and an annual impact of $51.8 billion on the state's economy.
		The 25-page report was prepared by consulting firm MKF Research at the joint request of Wine Institute (WI) and the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG).
		During the last 12 to 18 months, for instance, wine industry lenders have noticed a firming of vineyard values throughout most of California, despite a record crush in 2005.
	winebusiness.com (480 words)

	Wine bow Presents - French wine regions - Bordeaux
		Bordeaux wines are often sold as generic but are now more usually seen with the name of the property or Château displayed than that of the appellation.
		It is the appellation that tells you where the wine is from and what it should be like, while the Château, domaine or negociant represents an individual interpretation of that appellation.
		These produce good wine is several wine regions of the world.
	www.winebow.com /france/regions/bordeaux.html (302 words)

	USA Wines Wineries
		Wine states and regions are shown to help you shop online for wine and to print FREE tasting notes with gourmet wine-food pairing.
		Whether you are planning a trip to the wine country, looking for tasting notes and winery information, or are just interested in learning more about the hundreds of wineries within the United States, let this be your gateway to your own wine country adventure.
		Our Regions are not to be confused with Appellations, a term adopted by the wine industry to denote growing areas.
	www.usawines.com (333 words)

	List of wine-producing regions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wine grapes mostly grow between the 30th and the 50th degree of latitude, in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
		In 2003, the five largest producers of wine in the world were France, Spain, Italy, United States, and Argentina (see: List of wine producing countries for a complete rank).
		However the greatest concentration of vineyards is found in the south eastern corner of England, in the counties of Kent, Surrey, and East and West Sussex, mainly on the south facing slopes of the North and South Downs and the Weald.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_wine_producing_regions (458 words)

	Wine Regions
		In Catalonia there are now ten such regions: Empordà - Costa Brava, Alella, Pla del Bages, Penedès, Tarragona, Conca de Barberà, Costers del Segre, Priorat (recently elevated to "Denominació d'origen qualificada" with a stricter set of rules), Terra Alta and since March 2002, Montsant.
		There has been a great deal of controversy over this, and much of the drive to approve the new denomination has been attributed to Torres, as it suits them to be able to mix grapes from different areas for their more mass-market wines.
		The Cava Denomination functions in much the same way as the regional denominations, but is not tied to a single geographical area.
	www.wwwinecellar.com /wineregions.html (347 words)

	Argentina Wineries & Argentina Wine Regions on The WineWeb
		Due to the modest rainfall of the region, irrigation is vital.
		The most notable wine regions of Argentina are Mendoza, where nearly all the major wineries are concentrated.
		The Salta region, nestled in the very far north of the country is a region of high quality Cabernets Sauvignons and, Torrontés wines.
	www.wineweb.com /map_argentina.html (508 words)

	California Wine Regions
		When a US winery wants to tell you the geographic pedigree of its wine, it uses a tag on its label called an Appellation of Origin.
		In terms of plantings, a viticultural area may be filled with vineyards or could be almost sparse.
		In terms of quality, there is no guarantee that a wine labeled with a viticultural area is any better or worse than wines that don't bear such information.
	www.californiawineinfo.com /regions.asp (266 words)

	Wines and Wineries of New Zealand - Home
		To learn more about a wine region, and for recommendations and links to some of New Zealand's best wines, wineries and Wine Events click on the menu to the left, or you can click directly on the NZ map.
		You will also find key NZ wine statistics here, a NZ wine region Vintage Guide, and the most successful NZ wines in key Wine Awards such as the International Wine Challenge.
		We have been in operation since 2000 and are proud to be one of the most popular and successful NZ wine websites.
	www.winesofnz.com (271 words)

	Welcome to wineanswers.com, detail page wine FAQs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Improvements in wine making over the years have made vintage year less central to choosing a wine produced in most wine regions.
		Vintages are more important when collecting more expensive wines, especially those designed to be aged, and in growing regions where a less than satisfactory growing season is not compensated for using innovative wine making technology or practices.
		If you are interested in learning about specific vintages, reading wine publications and tasting wines from different vintages will help you determine a vintage’s characteristics.
	www.wineanswers.com /answer_detail.asp?ID=8 (139 words)

	Bulgarian Wine Regions
		The Northern region spans the area between the Danube river and the Balkan mountain range from North to South and between the Dobrudzha Valley and the Yugoslav border from East to West respectively.
		The Eastern Region covers the territory along the Black Sea coast between the Northern border with Romania and the Southernmost point on the sea coast where Bulgaria shoulders Turkey.
		The wines from the Eastern region are made mostly from white grapes.
	members.tripod.com /~POCEH/regions.htm (438 words)

	Wine and Food - Wine - Wine Regions - Abruzzo - Made In Italy On Line
		Abruzzi ranks 14th among the regions in size (10,749 square kilometres) and in population (1,250,000).
		There are only two DOCs and precious few unclassified wines of note in a region that is two-thirds mountains and one-third hills with highly favourable natural conditions for grapevines.
		In higher inland areas, or from vineyards where growers have the habit of excessive yields, the wines tend to be lighter, often better suited to Cerasuolo, a sturdy, cherry-coloured rose'.
	www.made-in-italy.com /winefood/wine/regions/abruzzo.htm (627 words)

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