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Argentina
All regions | Mendoza Valley
The wine-making region in Argentina ranges between the 22° and 42° South latitude. It spreads at the foothills of the Andean Mountain Range along over 2,400 km., from the Province of Salta to the Province of Río Negro, with a variety of climates and soils that makes each region a unique land.
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Australia
All regions | Clare Valley | McLaren Vale | Mudgee | South East Australia | Victoria
Australia could be described as the perfect wine producing country. With a land mass as great as the United States or western Europe, providing generations of winemakers with a diverse climate from cool to warm and a wide variety of soil types. These natural advantages have been enhanced by the irrepressible free-spirited character of the Australian people. This energetic approach to life has led Australian winemakers to work beyond the great traditions of winemaking to create delicious wines of stunning quality and diversity.
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Chile
All regions | Maipo Valley | Maule Valley
Chile have been producing great wine for a long time and in recent years there has been a huge increase in demand for wines from this thin strip of a country. Maule is Chile’s largest producing valley, with 43% of the country’s total planted area.
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Germany
All regions | Mosel | Rhine
German wines are the worlds most versatile wines. They match excellently with most foods, equally at home with the finest culinary creations and with simple, everyday foods. Because they are lower in alcohol, crisp and fruity, German wines are excellent sipping wines, great while relaxing with friends, music or a good book.
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Ireland
All regions | Whiskey
Irish whiskey is believed to be one of the earliest distilled beverages in Europe, dating to the mid-12th century. Most connoisseurs agree that adding water or soda to Irish whiskey is a sin, for this dilutes its rich flavor.
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Japan
All regions | Japanese Whisky
For some time it was believed by many that whisky made in the Scotch style
could not possibly measure up to the standards of the traditional Scotch
distilleries. However, in recent years, a number of blind tastings have been
organised, which have included Japanese single malts, along with malts from distilleries considered to be among the best in Scotland.
On more than one occasaion, the results have had Japanese single malts
scoring higher than their Scotch counterparts.
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Lebanon
All regions | Lebanon
In antiquity, wine was exported from the Lebanese ports of Byblos, Tyre and Saida with Egypt being their first regular customer. Evidence of this may still be seen today in countless Egyptian inscriptions and paintings.
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Mexico
All regions | Valle de Guadalupe
The wine industry got its start in Mexico in 1524, when the governor of New Spain, conquistador Hernando Cortes, ordered every Spaniard with a land grant from the crown to plant 1,000 grape vines for every 100 Indians in his employ, every year for five years.
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New Zealand
All regions | Central Otago | Hawkes Bay | Marlborough
New Zealand has long been famed for its stunning, unspoiled landscape. Equal to the international acclaim for its beauty is that for its fine wines. Climate, geography and human skill have combined to produce highly distinctive, premium quality wines, which are (the riches of a clean, green land.)
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Portugal
All regions | Douro
The wines of Portugal are a legacy inherited from the Romans, subsequently nurtured and developed by the Portuguese. For centuries, vineyards have flourished throughout the country, covering 9811,400 acres, with an average annual production of 112 million cases.
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Tunisia
All regions | Mornag Hills
Well situated on the most fertile lands, the quality of the Tunisian wines is rich in alcohol content, without excess of acidity, and soft, with the character of new wines. Today, Tunisian wine continues to boast the high repute that the sun, soil and time-honored Tunisian traditions have conferred on it.
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USA
All regions | Bourbon | California
In the United States wine is produced commercially in all fifty states including Hawaii and Alaska, however the majority of wine is produced in California. If California, which accounts for about 90% of American wine production, were a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world. Nevertheless, this percentage is relatively recent and slowly eroding; major production also occurs in Oregon, Washington State, and New York State.
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Venezuela
All regions | Venezuela
With a population of over 23 million, an area of almost one million square kilometres and over 2,800 kilometres of tropical beaches, Venezuela, the gateway to South America, has the triple privilege of being Caribbean, Andean and Amazonian.
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