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Posted: March 18, 2017

Australia – Audio Readings

Reading about Australia.

Wikipedia

Oxford Companion, Pages 46 – 50

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Posted: March 13, 2017

DOCG Regions of Piedmont

Seventeen Total

Organize your mind.

Here’s the math:

17 total DOCG
- 11 still-wine only
  - 4+3+3+1
    - 4x Nebbiolo
    - 3x Barbera
    - 3x Dolcetto
    - 1x Ruchè
- 6 sparkling wine allowed
  - 2+4
    - 4x White-Only Styles
    - 2x Red-Styles Allowed

Grapes, Regions, Theory | Leave a Comment

Posted: March 12, 2017

Soil Type Glossary

More than just dirt.

Glossary:

Albarese
Albariza
Alluvial soils
Alluvial fans
Altitude (IVDP)
Arenas
Barros
Basalt (red)
Bedrock (IVDP)
Boulbenes
Calcareous-clay
Chalk
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Posted: March 12, 2017

Grapes of Madeira

The Main Seven

Negramoll
- aka Tinta Negra, Tinta Negra Mole, Molar, Negra Criolla.
Sercial
Verdelho
Malvasia Fina
- aka Boal or Bual
Malvasia di Lipari
- aka Malvasia Cândida
Terrantez
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
- aka Moscatel

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Posted: March 11, 2017

Denominaciones de Origen del vino en España

Spanish Appellations

Regions:

Galicia
Asturias
Cantabria
Basque Country
Navarra
Castilla y Léon
La Rioja
Aragon
Catalonia
Madrid
Extremadura
Castilla la Mancha
Valencia
Balearic Islands
Andalucia
Murcia
Canary Islands

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Posted: March 11, 2017

Island Appellations

Island Wine

Greece

Aegean Islands
- Santorini
- Paros
- Rhodes
- Lemnos
- Samos
Crete
Ionian Islands
- Cephalonia
- Corfu/Kerkyra
- Lefkada
- Zakynthos/Verdea