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Hunter Valley — Hunter Valley’s tour guides will ply visitors with Aussie humor before they get a sniff of the wine.Boasting more than 400 wineries and a geyser, unpretentious Napa Valley may be the best wine trail for the novice.Different regional soil types explain the surprising ranges of wines available in Alentejo.Cape Winelands is home to Pinotage, the only new grape variety created outside Europe. It has many renowned vineyards.Fields of vineyards lie beneath Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle, one of the most important chateaus in France’s Alsace region.On Santorini, young vines are twisted to form a wreath with the grapes growing in the center to protect them from harsh winds.Maipo is the birthplace of the Chilean wine industry, known for its reds such as Cabernet and Pinot Noir. It’s also where the first stock of Carmenere, once thought to be extinct, was rediscovered.Lakes like Vaseux shield Okanagan’s soils from extreme climates, making it an ideal spot for hardy vines to grow.One of the wine routes in Tuscany runs past San Gimignano, a UNESCO World Heritage village famous for its Vernaccia wine.Cycling is a good way to explore the Lujan de Cuyo and Maipu regions in Argentina’s Mendoza, famous for producing Malbec.Tempranillo, Grenache, Graciano, and Mazuelo are popular grapes from Spain’s La Rioja region, often paired with delicious tapas.A trip along the scenic Moselle River reveals some of the terraces of the steepest vineyard slopes to be found anywhere.
