Wine countries

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• Argentina

  Argentina ranks fifth in the world in terms of wine production and, with 208,000ha (515,000 acres) of vineyards, is unquestionably South America's largest producer. However, the ar

• Australia

  Australia makes delicious good-value wines, full of fruit and flavour, plus a growing range of fine wines. The australian style is accepted, and copied, the world over. The dis

• Austria

  Flavoursome dry white wines, luscious sweet ones and - a recent trend - good reds offer a fascinating range of wine flavours and increasingly impressive quality. Grapes have be

• Brazil

  Brazil is South America's largest country with a rapidly growing population that now exceeds 150 million, and third-largest wine producer, with 58,000ha (143,000 acres) under vine.

• Bulgaria

  0f all the countries of Eastern Europe, it is Bulgaria that has made the greatest impact on the wine drinkers of the West. Since the mid-1970s ripe, well-made Bulgarian Cabernet Sa

• Chile

  In the 1980s Chile came to the rescue of many wine drinkers in the USA and the UK who were searching for a new source of reasonably priced, good wines. In satisfying that need, Chi

• China

  Growing wine-grapes is not alien to the Chinese culture, but historically it has been of little importance. Vineyards were established early in the 20th century by European mission

• England And Wales

  As a wine importer, England has a long and illustrious history. As a producer of wine, its history is just as long, yet little known. As in so many European countries, winemakin

• France

  Everywhere in the world that wine is made, France is the standard of comparison. Wherever a wine list is drawn up, France seems to belong naturally at the beginning. A generation a

• Germany

  Great german wines are among the worlds sublime bottles. Much ordinary wine has been disappointing, but recent successes by young winemakers signal a renaissance. Wherever in th

• Greece

  In the ancient world, wine from Greece was considered very fine and was widely exported. During the many centuries of Ottoman domination winemaking dwindled into a localized agricu

• Hungary

  There is something irrepressibly individual about Hungary. Partly it is a question of nationality - Magyars among a host of Germanic and Slav races - and partly it is a native flai

• India

  Wine has been known and made in India for 2,000 years, but it took the 16th century Portuguese colonists to establish a wine industry with any continuity. Goa's Portuguese varietie

• Italy

  The ancient greeks called italy oenotria, the land of wine. Grapes are still grown throughout the country, and the Variety of wines challenges and delights the wine lover. Italy

• Japan

  The Japanese, although not a wine-drinking nation, have a long history of wine production. In 1186 Japan's only native vinifera variety, Koshu -which can make fruity white wines -

• Mexico

  With its history and pivotal role in American winemaking history, Mexico presents itself as a real anomaly. Here is a country that introduced grapes and winemaking to countries bot

• New Zealand

  Though a smaller producer than its neighbour, Australia, New Zealand has had no less an impact on the wine world with its superbly crafted, quality wines. The modern wine indust

• North Africa

  France colonized North Africa in stages, and she left it in stages. Her first stop was Algeria, where French colonists settled as early as 1830,- Tunisia followed, but only in 1881

• Portugal

  Strong traditions, a wide range of grape varieties and a varied climate allow Portugal to make some stylish wines, as well as fortified port and madeira for which it is famous.

• Romania

  Romania has along winemaking history: the Greeks brought the vines to the Black Sea 3,000 years ago and later the medieval Saxon colonists introduced Germanic grape varities to the

• Slovenia

  Slovenia is a very young country. Until 1991 it was part of Yugoslavia, but now this population of two million people, with 21,500ha (53,000 acres) of vineyards between them, is st

• South Africa

  Soon after Jan van Riebeeck established the Dutch East India Company's fuelling station at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, he sent to Europe for vine cuttings in the belief that sai

• Spain

  From bulk wine producer to quality wine exporter, Spain's wine industry has been transformed, and promises exciting new developments in the future. Spain is the second largest

• Switzerland

  Swiss wines are mostly drunk locally by a prosperous, wine loving nation. Prices have always been high; standards are rising as outside influences penetrate the alpine valleys.

• Turkey

  Turkey has a history of winemaking longer, probably, than any in the world, but since most of its population is Muslim it might not seem best placed to take advantage of it. Kemal