Gisborne Wine Region, New Zealand
Ashwood Estate is one of the wineries that exemplifies Gisborne’s friendly cellar door culture The story of the Gisborne wine region encompasses both New Zealand’s tremendous capacity for producing high-quality…
Category: 1001 Wine Routes
There are literally thousands of wine routes in the world. From the very well trodden, to the rustic and little known. From the places where wine prices are high to the places where you find wine bliss at a fair price. The mission of The Wine Beat is to combine discovery of the great wines of the world with exploration of where the wines come from. What place, what village, what hillside, what winemaker and what grape. Every wine route promises a beautiful journey – and, in the best cases, off the beaten path.
Picpoul de Pinet AOC, France
Languedoc Roussillon has no shortage of exceptional, individual wine making sub-regions. There are more than 35 such Appellations d’Origine Contrôlée (AOCs) and in basically every case they are characterized by…
Crémant de Loire AOC, France
Historic, verdant, vibrant and beautiful, the Loire Valley is one of the most emblematic regions of France and French wine country. Populated with pretty chateaux and staunch castles that speak…
Tavel AOC, France
Resting in the embrace of a great arc in the Rhône river just north of Avignon, lies the singular wine region of Tavel. In this appellation only Rosé wine can…
Navarra Wine Region, Spain
Navarra is known for some iconic cultural and gastronomic touchstones: the running of the bulls in Pamplona; the importance of pintxo bars as a whole separate genre of street food;…
Campo de Borja, Spain
The vineyards of Bodegas Alto Moncayo with the Moncayo mountain in the background. The regional mountain ranges have a significant effect on the climate in these high altitude vineyards. Campo…
Nemea Wine Region, Greece
This Nemea vineyard is at Giannis Tselepos’ Ktima Driopi estate. Nemea is home to the Agiorgitiko (aye-or-GHEE-tee-ko) grape and, just as Naoussa in the north is synonymous with Xinomavro (see…
Naoussa Wine Region, Greece
The Naoussa vineyard of Tsantali, one of Greece’s most famous wineries Although times are changing and modern Greek wines are receiving growing amounts of attention, it is fair to say…
Great Southern Wine Region, Australia
The area around the town of Albany was the first place inhabited by European settlers in Western Australia. The region is known as The Great Southern and it is a…
Geographe Wine Region, Australia
Willow Bridge Estate in Ferguson Valley, one of 5 subregions in Geographe The Australian wine industry is a veritable perpetual motion machine. Fuelled by decades of intense research, investment and…