New World - Old World - An Overview

Discover today a few wine regions, sometimes famous, sometimes overlooked, their wine history and their iconic grapes. Through this PDF, we will review Bordeaux, Burgundy, Austria, Italy, Spain, Australia, Chile, New Zealand and South Africa - just enough to give an overview of their wine style. You will find a few “grape -focus” slides like for Verdejo, Syrah/Shiraz, Gruner Veltliner, Tempranillo,..

Of course I always finish with a good quizz for my students, you get to test your newly-gained knowledge as well!

This is but the first part of this series, as there’s so much to say about each wine regions, maybe later we will focus on Germany, other wine regions of France, explore Sicily and Argentina, the sky is the limit!

Wine Basics - A Visual Guide to Winemaking and Wine Appreciation

In connection with my new job at Navean Wines Maldives, I get to teach about wine for the first time. For once this is not much of an “Article” but rather an overview of winemaking, with an emphasis on History, Terroir and on the different techniques that built the richness and diversity of winemaking today.

This aims to help you, through visuals and photos, get a better understanding of what happens behind the scenes in the vineyard and wineries during the different production steps.

I am well aware that I might have skipped a step or two but this PowerPoint is destined to young wine enthusiasts that might not need too many details to enjoy wine.

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