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South Africa South Africa produces a little more than 3% of the world’s wines, and is currently the 8th largest producer in the world, with around 110,000 hectares of vineyards. But wine has a long-standing traditon here, as the first plantings were made in Cape Province back in 1652.

Mysteries, sensuality and tasty treats in the Aeolian Islands… Italy brings to mind the wines of Tuscany, Pouilles, Lombardy etc… And those from Piedmont that we’ve just told you all about.

The Douro Boys Portugal world-famous for its great Ports and Madeiras has woken up to the global wine market and began to produce some extraordinary table wines.

Wines of Patagonia In the 1960’s, Chandon set up his first subsidiary on the other side of the Atlantic in Argentina, by purchasing approximately 1,000 acres in Patagonia in Choele Choel in Río Negro, for the purpose of planting a 100-acre vineyard. Then he withdrew towards Agrelo, not for technical reasons, but rather because Mendoza offered better conditions. If the prestigious French winery had stayed put in Patagonia, the sparkling wines of North Patagonia would have already been half a century old and the history of Argentine wine would have been quite different.

New Zealand Few wine growing countries are as attached to a type of vine as New Zealand is to its Sauvignon Blanc. The Malborough Valley has become the Sauvignon Blanc’s land of choice, and the product of this land is distinguished worldwide.

Piedmont If it is commonly said that wine and cuisine go hand in hand in Italy, it is without a doubt in Piedmont that this combination is the equivalent to an art of living. Indeed it’s not by chance that this region is at the origin of Italy’s wine renaissance, under the impetus of Angelo Gaja, a forerunning genius, who’s still considered today as the country’s Italian vintner.

Argentina wakes up Ten years ago and Argentina was barely a blip on the world wine map. Today it is the fifth largest producer of wine and home of some of the newest and most exciting wines being produced today.