The more we travel, the more we have found surpassingly pleasing wines originating from areas outside of the typical areas. Beyond California, France, South Africa and Australia, here are four unexpected wine regions around the world to add to every wine connoisseurs bucket list.
When most people think of great American wine regions, the West Coast usually tops the list. But one of the world’s loveliest wine countries hides in the East, in Virginia, where little-known vintners are crafting world-class wines. For those unfamiliar with Virginia wines, their uniformly high quality can come as quite a surprise. Read more ...
Viewed from above in a hot air balloon, Turkey’s Cappadocia region looks more like the rugged American Southwest than a wine country. It resembles Bryce Canyon combined with the Grand Canyon, but honeycombed with mysterious, unearthly troglodyte cities. Nowadays, people visit this dramatically beautiful, thoroughly unique and tangibly ancient landscape for its seemingly alien geologic formations and frescoed rock-cut churches. Read more ...
Everyone has heard of Mendoza, Argentina’s most famous wine region, where vineyards give way to dramatic views of the Andes. But 800 miles to the north, the world’s highest vineyards grow in the Salta Province, site of Argentina’s finest colonial city and one of its oldest wineries. Read more ...
Beguiling Slovenia may sound far off the beaten track, but one of its loveliest wine countries is adjacent to Italy’s renowned Friuli wine region, just a two-hour drive from the Venice airport. The unspoiled Vipava Valley, bordered by the high Trnovo Forest and Kras Plateau, produces some excellent red wines, but the whites are particularly notable. Read more ...
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