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Viticulture in most of the Old World wine regions dates back to several hundred or even thousands of years with the Phoenicians, Greeks, Thracians and Romans establishing some of the earliest vineyards. Over centuries, these Old World wine regions have developed viticultural techniques and practices adapted around their unique climates and ...
Top wine-producing countries and their volume of wine production for the year 2021 in tonnes, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is an agency of the United Nations; this is the latest information available from the FAO.
The World Atlas of Wine by Hugh Johnson and (since 2003) Jancis Robinson, MW, is an atlas and reference work on the world of wine, published by Mitchell Beazley.It pioneered the use of wine-specific cartography to give wine a sense of place, and has since the first edition published in 1971 sold 4 million copies in 14 languages. [1]
Tom Harrow takes us on a journey from old world to new world wines, their winemaking history and how to tell the difference with just a sip
Portugal, a country with one of the oldest wine traditions, developed the first wine appellation system in the world. A housewife of the merchant class or a servant in a noble household would have served wine at every meal, and had a selection of reds and whites alike.
Georgia is one of the oldest wine-producing countries in the world. The fertile valleys and protective slopes of the South Caucasus were home to grapevine cultivation and neolithic wine production (Georgian: ღვინო, ɣvino) for at least 8000 years.
The world’s oldest wine has been discovered at a Roman burial site in Carmona, Spain. ... is comparable to that of current sherry wines from Jerez,” a city around 75 miles south of Carmona ...
The majority of Croatian wine is white, with most of the remainder being red and only a small percentage being rosé wines. In 2014, Croatia ranked 32nd in wine production by country with an estimated 45,272 tonnes. [3] Wine is a popular drink in Croatia, and locals traditionally like to drink wine with their meals.