Argentina is the most substantial wine-producing country in South America, and has been one of the world’s most dynamic wine producers since the late 1990s. Significant investments in new vineyard regions have lately been undertaken to continue increasing the quality of Argentine wines. Furthermore, significant efforts are being made to assist in the export of Argentine wines. But how did this lovely tale of Argentinian wine begin?
Uurguay, the land of gauchos and grilled meat, is located between Argentina and Brazil. It is South America fourth largest wine producer. Much of the country’s interior faces heavy humidity and subtropical temperatures, making winegrowing difficult. However, it is a country with a growing reputation regarding wine production. Let’s see why.
The town of ‘Byblos’ is located in Lebanon, 40 kilometers North of Beirut. ‘Byblos’ is the name given by the Greeks to the city called ‘Goubla’ in cuneiform texts and ‘Gebal’ in biblical texts. It is located today on the site of the modern city of Jbeil…
“Oenotria” was the name given to southern Italy when Greek colonists first arrived there around 8th century BC. This name is derived from the ancient Greek οἶνος (oinos) literally meaning “wine”, ‘oenotria’ meaning the ‘land of wine’…
The “Methuen Treaty” was an agreement made between Britain and Portugal in 1703 that gave Portuguese products preferential treatment in Britain and promoted the importation of Portuguese wines…
In a sharecropping arrangement known as “Métayage,” a vine farmer, or “Métayer,” rents a vineyard or a portion of a vineyard, and makes payments in the form of wine or grapes
The French wine from the Bordeaux region’s Montbazillac appellation, which the Dutch loved, was known as “Madère du Périgord” and was the subject of a significant commerce with them beginning in the 14th century. The Edict of Nantes’ revocation, which led to the exodus of more than 40,000 Protestants from Read more…
The “Ban des Vendanges” is a French expression which used to designate the proclamation which warned the winegrowers of the opening of the harvest. Not only did it warn them, but it even forced them not to harvest until then. This constraint was aimed at obtaining quality wines, by requiring Read more…
It is a French expression which formerly designated, in the Sauternes region, the richest wines obtained by the first selection, especially qualitative, of the harvest. This scanty first sort was composed almost exclusively of “noble rot” affected grains (Botrytis Cinirea), which reached an exceptionally high sugar content of up to Read more…
The first vineyards in this wine-growing state of the United States were planted east and west of Cincinnati, along the Ohio river, by German settlers. The steep banks of this torrential river undoubtedly reminded them of their native Rhine…