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If your first thought about Sicily is of a certain group of gangsters in the "Godfather" trilogy, you're in for a treat when you discover its wine. See more »
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How New South Wales Wine Regions Work
New South Wales, Australia, is a wine region like no other. While wine making is a growing industry, it's far from the sole focus of the area.
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How New Zealand Wines Work
With its earliest recorded wine production happening in the mid-19th century, New Zealand is pretty much a rookie compared to European countries.
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How South Australian Wine Regions Work
Most of Australia's wine comes from South Australian wine regions. The most famous, of course, is Shiraz, but the region produces a range of whites and reds.
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How Spanish Wines Work
It might surprise you to learn that Spain is the third largest producer of wine in the world, right behind the likely leaders -- Italy and France. But Spain devotes nearly 3,000,000 acres of land to wine growing.
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How Tasmanian Wine Regions Work
Tasmanian wines are starting to get noticed and it might not be long before the island is known more for its Pinot Noir than it is for the Looney Tunes character Taz.
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How the Abruzzo Wine Region Works
On the east coast of Italy, south of the boot cuff, in the temperate region known as the mezzogiorno, is Abruzzo.
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How the Alsace Wine Region Works
If you've ever entertained fantasies of bicycling through the French countryside, you may want to plan a trip to Alsace -- with a good bottle of wine.
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How the American Southwest Wine Region Works
The American Southwest wine region consists of six states: New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. The region encompasses immense geographic variety, which means vintners face a wide array of challenges.
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How the Aosta Valley Wine Region Works
They say good things come in small packages. This might not always be true, of course, but it certainly applies to Italy's Aosta Valley wine region.
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How the Apulia Wine Region Works
Although this diverse wine region is relatively unknown to most people, Apulia is one of the top 10 wine producing regions in the entire world.
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