Regions

What are the styles of wine? 55% medium-sweet 30% dry 15% sweet What are the grape varieties? 60% furmint 25% harslevelu 15% sarga muskotaly What is Tokaj? Tokaj is a...

What are the wine colours? 90% reds 7% whites 3% rosés  What are the grape varieties? 50% grenache 25% syrah 20% mourvèdre 5% others What is Vacqueyras? Vacqueyras is one...

What are the wine colours? 90% reds 10% rosés What are the grape varieties? 95% cabernet franc 5% cabernet sauvignon  What is Saint-Nicolas de Bourgueil? Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is an appellation located in...

Touraine in brief 50% reds  25% whites  30% sparking  20% rosés What is Touraine? Touraine is a wine region located in the Loire Valley, around the French city of Tours. ...

What is the classification in Burgundy? 33 Grands Crus AOC 640 1er Crus denominations 44 communal AOC 7 regional AOC What are the most planted grape varieties? Chardonnay Pinot noir...

Saint-Émilion is a town located in the Bordeaux region, on the right bank of the Dordogne. It includes 2 wine appellations, AOP Saint-Émilion and AOP Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, and accounts for approximately 5 % of Bordeaux plantings.

Chablis is located in central-eastern France, north of Burgundy, in the heart of the Serein valley. There are about 5,700 hectares of vines planted. Chablis represents around 20 % of the volume of wine produced in Burgundy. Chablis is both the name of a town and the name of an appellation.

Rías Baixas DO is an appellation located in Galicia, north-west Spain. It has a moderate maritime climate, being open to the Atlantic Ocean that brings fresh air and humidity to the...

Port is a sweet fortified wine from the Douro region in northern Portugal (we will focus here on the major colour produced: red Port).   Black grapes are harvested in...

The beautiful Côte-Rôtie vineyard is located in the Northern Rhône Valley wine region, in France. It stretches along the Rhone river. Climate here is moderate continental, with influence from the...

The prestigious AOP Châteaneuf-du-Pape is located in the Southern Rhône Valley in France.   How many varieties in Châteauneuf-du-Pape? Thirteen grape varieties are permitted in this AOP, but some of them...

The stunning Lavaux vineyard terraces are located on the North-Est part of Lake Geneva, in the larger Vaud region in Switzerland. This impressive landscape facing the Alps dates back to...