Wine ó Regions: Burgundy Nowhere in France is the terroir concept óa group of vineyards (or vines) from the same region that share similar soil and climateó more dearly held than Burgundy. Located in central

Australia's wine efforts date back to the mid-19th century, but the industry languished until about 30 years ago. Since then, the country has grown to be a world producer with a variety of highly regarded

Blessed with a Mediterranean climate similar to France or California, Chile has the added advantage of being south of the equator. That puts their summers from November to March, allowing them to harvest

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. - Aristophanes For those more interested in finding a delectable drink to savor than being clever, the following

Wine ó Regions: British Columbia, Canada Long considered a producer of inferior wines, British Columbia is now being recognized as a winemaking powerhouse. British Columbia wine dates back only 140 years

Bordeaux. The word itself says 'wine' to millions around the world. Many historians of the subject assure us that wine has been produced in Bordeaux since the first century AD. And given the known ability

Wine ó Regions: Alsace Winemakers in Alsace have been active since the Roman conquest. The Alsatians themselves are a mixed French-Germanic lot, with many of the older inhabitants still speaking Alsatian,

The winemaking tradition in sunny Sicily dates back as far as four thousand years. Over those millennia the Sicilians, named for the settlers who introduced agriculture there, have raised wine grape growing

Stretching from the hills of the Apennines to the banks of the Po River to the shores of the Adriatic Sea is a distinctive Italian winemaking region called: Emilia-Romagna. Famed for its cooking, the area