Loire Valley
This AOC, located in the Central Vineyards, mandates that red wines are made from Pinot Noir, although it is often overshadowed by its more famous white wine counterpart, Sauvignon Blanc.
A negroni is a stirred, spirit driven cocktail made of these three ingredients.
What is Campari, Sweet Vermouth, and Gin.
This grape variety is necessary for the production of white wines from the Rias Baixas DO.
What is Albariño?
These are the two major countries for winemaking in South America.
What are Chile and Argentina?
This region is best known for its high quality reds from Barolo and Barbaresco, made from 100% Nebbiolo. There is also a handful of native varieties such as Barbera, Dolcetto, and Pelaverga, which offer great value for Italian red wines. The most popular white wines from this region are often made from Chardonnay, Arneis, or Timorasso.
What is Piedmont?
This style of traditional method sparkling wine can only be made in the Loire Valley and requires the wine to spend at least 9 months on the lees. There are many allowable grapes for this style, with Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Franc leading the pack.
What is Crémant de Loire?
The Martini comes in a variety of styles, the two most popular including dirty or dry with your choice of Vodka or Gin. This particular style of martini comes with a larger amount of dry vermouth, and is often favored by industry professionals.
What is a 50/50 martini?
Andalucía runs along the southern coastline in Spain. The region houses some of the most famous DOs in the country and is known for this popular style of aged, fortified wine.
What is Sherry?
This mountain range is responsible for the rain shadow effect in Argentina's wine producing regions, and the essential snowmelt necessary for irrigation in Chile.
What is the Andes Mountains?
This cheap and simple style of sparkling wine coming from the Veneto is made with the Glera grape, utilizing the Charmat Method.
What is Prosecco?
This grape variety is known for making high acid, textural wines, and is utilized to make the white wines of the Anjou, Saumur, and Vouvray AOC.
What is Chenin Blanc?
Supposedly originating in the early 1900s at Detroit Athletic Club, the Last Word is a cocktail composed of these four ingredients.
What is gin, Green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and lime?
The most famous region in Spain is the historic Rioja DOCa. The red wines of Rioja are made primarily from this grape variety, which is also true for Rueda DO, Toro DO, and Ribeira del Duero DO.
What is Tempranillo?
What is Mendoza?
This DOCG, considered the most important zone in Lombardy, is the most well known area for traditional method sparkling wines in Italy.
What is Franciacorta?
Cabernet Franc is arguably the most important red variety in the Loire Valley. This AOC within the larger region of Touraine is typically where we see the highest quality examples of Cabernet France.
What is Chinon?
This cocktail, inspired by the negroni, is a stirred drink comprised of gin, sweet vermouth, and Green Chartreuse.
What is bijou?
While this traditional method sparkling wine from Spain has its own DO, most of its production is concentrated within the Penedes DO. Five of this DO's authorized white grapes—Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabéo (Macabeu), Malvasía, and Chardonnay—comprise a large majority of the Penedès vineyards
Often referred to as the lost grape of Bordeaux, this grape variety was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in Chile. It typically is made into bold, lush styles of red wine with notes of dark berries and green bell peppers.
What is Carménère?
This DOCG located in the Veneto is famous for its dry, raisinated wines made utilizing the appassimento process, which adds complex dried fruit tones, additional alcoholic warmth and a round, glycolic mouthfeel to the final wines.
What is Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG?
This appellation's most planted grape is Melon de Bourgogne, which is the principal grape for many of this region's sub-appellations, such as Muscadet AOC. It is located all the west in the Loire Valley, along the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Pays Nantais?
An equal-part shaken cocktail is the go-to foundational base for many recipes. This equal-part cocktail features whiskey, lemon, and Aperol, in addition to this key ingredient.
What is a Paper Plane and Amaro Nonino?
This type of oak is classically used in the production of Rioja.
What is American Oak?
Río Negro, Neuquén, and Chubut are provinces of this winemaking region located in the southern reaches of South America. Bodegas Chacra, helmed by Piero Incisa della Rocchetta of Sassicaia, is the most famous producer from this region.
What is Patagonia?
This coastal region located on the western side of Northern Italy is best known for its white wines of Vermentino, and is starting to make a name for itself with its red wines of Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC.
What is Liguria?