Argentina

The world’s eighth largest country by area, Argentina’s diverse landscape and unique culture offers plenty to both the casual tourist and the serious explorer. Best known perhaps as the home of Che Guevara, Yerba Mate and street-side Tango, th...

Armenia

Armenia's wine scene is growing fast. New wineries are utilising international grapes alongside local varieties such as Voskehat and Areni Noir.

Australia

Australia - the sixth largest country in the world - boasts a multitude of natural and man-made wonders within its bounds. Stereotypically synonymous with beaches, barbecues and beer, Australia is also a major force in the world of wine, producing...

Austria

Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by eight other nations. Renowned for its breathtaking mountain scenery, classical music heritage, culture rich capital and a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews, this alpine country a...

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s small wine scene is built around the cultivation of mainly table grapes in the regions of Ganja-Qazakh and Shirvan. In the 1980s over 80% of Azerbaijan’s vines were ripped up in Gorbachev’s anti-alcohol drive, and a number of na...

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnia-Herzegovina’s wine industry is primarily focussed in the south of the country, around the towns of Citluk, Caoljina, Stolac and Mostar. Around 6000 hectares are planted with the local and indigenous Žilavka grape, ...

Brazil

Covering almost 50% of the South American land mass, Brazil is the continent’s biggest country and the world's largest producer of coffee. Best known for its beautiful beaches, carnival lifestyle and lush, green rainforests, Brazil remains relat...

Bulgaria

Bulgaria is a large country with a wealth of winemaking potential, boasting both geological and climatic diversity.

Canada

The world's second largest country by area, Canada is hardly the first name that springs to mind when one thinks about wine. However, the planet’s largest producer of Ice Wine is slowly building a reputation for its dry varietals from a range of...

Chile

The country of Chile occupies a thin strip of land that clings to the edge of the South American continent. Established as one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most important wine producing nations, it is best known for its red wines made from the t...

Croatia

Croatia boasts one of the most dynamic wine scenes in the Balkans. Whether mineral driven whites from local varieties such as Pošip or full blooded reds from Plavac Mali, Croatia is a country to watch.

Czechia

Better known for its beers than for its wines, viticulture in the Czech Republic has nonetheless made significant progress since the Velvet Revolution and particularly since the turn of the twentieth century. Today, aromatic white grapes such as

France

The spiritual home of wine, France boasts some of the most important regions in the world.

Georgia

Georgia is the oldest wine producing country in the world. Today it represents a new frontier in natural winemaking.

Germany

Sharing a border with nine different nations, the country of Germany at the very heart of Europe, boasts a diverse landscape of rolling hills, enchanting woodlands and crystal clear lakes overlooked by high alpine peaks and fairytale castles. In a...

Greece

Despite a proud winemaking history, recent decades have seen Greece lose its way in the consciousness of the global consumer. Things are changing fast though. New investment and a renewed interest in local varieties means Greece represents one of ...

Hungary

Hungary’s rich winemaking heritage is today spread across 22 protected PDO regions where a quality rennaisance is bringing back local grape varieties to the fore. While the famous sweet wines of Tojaj continue to ...

Israel

Though it is unlikely to feature high up on anybody’s list of wine nations, viticulture in Israel has a long history dating back to biblical times. Today its five distinct regions boast more than three-hundred-and-fifty wineries ranging from lar...

Italy

Italy is home to twenty unique wine regions and hundreds, if not thousands of native grape varieties. One of the largest producers of wine on earth, Italy perhaps represents the most diverse and interest wine country there is.

Japan

Japan is an interesting wine country with a culture of producing wine predominantly rom rice. Grape wine is growing in importance however and has an exciting future.

Lebanon

With a history of viticulture dating back more than five thousand years, Lebanon is amongst planet Earth’s oldest winemaking nations and a hidden gem for those unfamiliar with its heritage. Favouring the cultivation of ...

Morocco

Morocco's wine scene is gradually improving and although progress is slow there are a handful of interesting wines worth trying.

New Zealand

New Zealand is a small but fascinating wine country. Home to premium wines from a range of international varieties, producers are increasingly investing in promoting single vineyard wines.

North Macedonia

Until the country's recent and long awaited name change, North Macedonia was known as The Republic of Macedonia. It is a small but high potential territory special in red wines from international varieties and the regional Vranec...

Portugal

Often overlooked as a wine nation, the European country of Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula, is blessed with a warm Mediterranean climate and breathtaking natural beauty. Having for so long been known only for its Port...

Republic of Moldova

The Republic of Moldova has a rapidly growing wine scene. With plenty influence from the Black Sea, the country focusses on Bordeaux varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and

Romania

Romania has tremendous potential to produce outstanding wines. There are currently a handful of wineries producing noteworthy stuff in each region.

Serbia

Largely unknown to those outside the industry, Serbian wine has undergone quite a revolution in recent years. Fuelled by a focus on innovative practice and high quality produce, the nation’s vignerons are quietly building a reputation for excell...

Slovakia

Slovakia's wine scene continues to develop and is now noted for its exciting low-intervention wines from central European varieties such as Blaufränkisch, and the white grapes Veltlínské Zelené (

Slovenia

Slovenia's wine scene has received more and more attention over the last few decades. It has earned itself a reputation for high quality wines, particularly in Primorska.

South Africa

The international reputation of South Africa’s wine industry has continued to grow since the end of apartheid in the 1990s. Today it is the world’s eighth largest producer and amongst the most prolific wine nations in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Spain

Spain’s huge wine industry produces boasts numerous regions and appellations that produce distinctive wines from interesting grape varieties. From the world famous age worthy Rioja in the north of the country, to f...

Switzerland

Switzerland is a mountainous country in Central Europe famed for chocolate, cowbells and sweeping vistas of dramatic alpine scenery. But is wine the nation’s best kept secret?

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Turkey

Despite a far from ideal political backdrop, there are some respectable wines being made in Turkey. The most interesting come from indigenous grape varieties such as Narince.

United Kingdom

Known more for its consumption of wine than for its production, the UK has been instrumental in building the international reputations of many of the world’s elite wine regions. However, its beautiful rolling hills and patchwork agricultural lan...

USA

Incredibly vast, varied in landscape and containing a number of distinct climates within its bounds, the United States of America delivers a wide range of wines from a diverse grape pool. A relative newcomer, given that the winemaking Vitis Vinife...