Category Archives: Wine Region
Australia, Swan Valley
Swan Valley is a wine region about 40 minutes drive north of Perth, Western Australia; making this an ideal day trip from Perth! The Swan Valley was an established wine region before the now famous Margaret River. Climate: Hot Mediterranean1 Grapes: Due to the hotter climate in the Swan Valley, the grape varieties such as […]
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Hunter Valley (or officially known as the Hunter Region) is just over a 3 hour drive north of Sydney. The main town of the Hunter Valley is actually called Pokolbin and this is where most of the winery, restaurants and accommodation are located; the Pokolbin town is quite small with the larger town Cessnock 15min […]
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Barossa Valley is a wine region in South Australia, about an hour drive north of Adelaide. It is arguably the most famous wine region in Australia and has a special place in my heart as the wine region that started my wine appreciation journey. The Barossa Valley is a very large wine region with the […]
learn moreFrance, Bordeaux
Bordeaux is one of the most famous wine region in the world, it is a wine regions with a rich history with a wide range of different wine styles that is a benchmark where other wine regions in the world aspire to be. Unlike the other famous wine region in France Burgundy, Bordeaux wines are […]
learn moreFrance, Champagne
Champagne is THE famous wine region 2 hours east of Paris producing sparkling wine, where at times the term Champagne is used to describe all sparkling wine but in fact only sparkling wine produced in this region can be called Champagne; even sparkling wines that are produced in France outside the Champagne region cannot be […]
learn moreFrance, Burgundy
Burgundy is a wine region 3.5+ hours drive south west of Paris, with the wine regions being famous for their elegant Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Every wine region and wine maker will benchmark their Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a Grand Cru produced from Burgundy. Historically there are many reasons for this exceptional statue that […]
learn moreSpain, Penedès
Penedès is a region under an hours drive east from Barcelona, from a wine perspective it is most famous as the home of Cava, the Spanish sparkling wine. Cava has it’s own Denominación de Origen (DO) under the Spanish wine law, with a majority of Cava produced in Penedès (more than 90%). In addition to […]
learn moreItaly, Piemonte
Piemonte is a large wine region in the north west of Italy famous for their powerful reds planted on steep slopes, and like most of these large wine regions I have only managed to explore parts of it. I had based myself in the town of Alba for 5 nights, using it is a base […]
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Margaret River is a wine region just over 3 hours drive south of Perth, Western Australia. Margaret River town, is a small “country town” in the middle of the Margaret River wine region, but besides been a wine region there are other things to see and do too, such as beautiful beaches for surfing just […]
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Priorat is a wine region around a 2 hour drive east of Barcelona. It is only one of two DOCa (Denominación de Origen Calificada), the highest qualification for a wine region in Spain. Priorat is labelled as a DOQ (Denominació d'Origen Qualificada), whilst the other region in Spain is Rioja, which is labelled DOCa, but […]
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