Pinot Noir
This region in the US is known for Pinot Noirs having rich, ripe red fruits and cinnamon spice aromas, and high acid.
What is Wilammette Valley, OR?
California is well known for its Chardonnay (good or bad!), and its most classic example of fruity with low to medium acidity and sometimes toasty notes from oak staves or chips very likely comes from this inexpensive region.
What is the Central Valley?
Riesling is the most widely planted of the Noble varieties in this French region that sometimes uses large old oak vessels with Riesling, allowing for small oxidation–enhanced texture and add a little complexity without oak aromas
What is Alsace?
This late ripening grape with medium to deep color, low to medium tannins and high acidity, displaying aromas of red cherries and plums and sometimes black pepper is often found in Northern Italy.
What is Barbera?
This white grape has two different names depending on the style it is made in, one of which is mainly found in Italy.
What is Pinot Grigio/Gris?
The rosé from this region in France must be made entirely from Pinot Noir and is usually pale in color, light in body, and dry with delicate fruit flavors
What is Sancerre?
Chardonnay is the specialty of this very southern Australian region where it produces wines that reflect the cool growing conditions with citrus, pear, and apple aromas and high acid usually softened by Malolactic fermentation.
What is the Mornington Peninsula?
These two regions in Australia sound like two girl friends that love to drink premium Riesling with intense lime and grapefruit aromas that develop into marmalade and toast characteristics when aged in bottle.
What are the Eden and Clare Valleys?
This grape developed in South Africa and deemed their point of difference is produced in a range of styles and sometimes blended with international varieties for "Cape Blend"
What is Pinotage?
Pouilly Fume wines can claim very high prices at the store, but this other Loire Valley region makes Sauvignon Blanc in the same style for a more moderate price.
What is Menetou-Salon
Unlike the Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula, this region in Australia produces Pinot Noirs that have more earthy aromas to them rather than rich, pure fruit flavors.
What is Geelong?
This region in Italy has the only notable Chardonnay growings on its valley floor producing wines what are medium bodied with medium acidity and ripe stone fruit flavors.
What is Trentino?
Riesling is the only permitted variety in this German region that produces wines with slightly riper fruit characteristics from the warmer weather.
What is Nahe?
These two regions in France use Grenache and Cinsault to make their rosé wines.
What are Tavel and Lirac?
Chardonnay is by far the star of white grapes in Burgundy, but this oft-forgotten grape produces neutral wines with high acidity that can be high quality wines when in sites where it can reach full ripeness.
What is Aligote?
This region in Chile has cooler vinneyards that can grow excellent Pinot Noir with bright red berry fruit flavors and hebral notes.
What is the Leyda Valley, Casablanca?
The "best" Chardonnay in Chile is very structured, elegant, and restrained, and it comes from this region in the north of Chile.
What is Limari Valley?
This region in Austria is the most renowned for high quality dry wines made from either Gruner Veltliner or Riesling.
What is Wachau?
This region in France is the surprising home of Malbec. It still produces wines from Malbec grapes that are referred to as "black wine."
What is Cahors?
This wine found in Marche, Italy has naturally high acid with flavors of green apples, lemons and sometimes display notes of fennel and almonds.
What is Verdicchio?
Walker Bay contains the various wards of this region that produces some of the best Pinot Noir (and Chardonnay!) in South Africa.
What is Hemel-en-Aarde?
This region in the Cote Chalonnaise of Burgundy produces only white wines made from Chardonnay grapes.
What is Montagny?
Since it is less exposed to the ocean due to the surrounding hills and receives more impact from the Northwestern winds, this region in New Zealand experiences cool enough temperatures to grow very high quality Riesling.
What is Waipara?
This Spanish DOP produces wines made primarily from Mencia and are elegant wines with naturally high acidity and red fruit flavors. Many of the best wines come from old vines grown on the region's steep stony slopes.
What is Bierzo?
This grape championed in Cafayete region of Argentina has high fruity perfume with medium body and acidity and flavors of stone fruits and melon.
What is Torrontes?