Wine-making countries - Old World vs. New World

No matter how you prefer your wines can say without doubt that this is one of the most exciting times in history, is wine. This is starting on many factors. The Internet gives us so much more of a global round table to discuss wine. International markets and globalization of the cancellation of the old barriers to the import and export of wine, go to your corner store and buy five bottles from five different countries today. The New World wineries come into theirown, producing the challenge of the displacement of the Old World from the throne of the wine.

For the purposes of the definition, let's get it straight that, go when we say: "Old World", we talk about Europe, at least as far as winemaking countries. And when we say: "New World", we are talking about nearly everywhere, but especially the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South America and even South Africa.

You can use the sharp dividing line between the two worlds. Old WorldWines tend to be classified by terroir - that is the region in which they are made. New World wines tend to be classified by their race the grapes. Some wineries try to start the New World to take the mantle in this context, the promotion of the regions to be as relevant to the wine world, like the Old World. Thus, the Napa Valley is almost a household name in the United States, while the Australians are proud of their wines can be labeled "Barossa Valley" and the NewNew Zealand offers the prestige of their Marlborough region.

"Terroir" is more than a dot on the map, however. It also stands for the conditions of the winery itself - the soil, the climate, the environment and the local ecosystem. Wine, more than any other beverage, is influenced by many more things than the kind of grapes can be a plant same grapes in clay, gravel maintain soil, sand, and with it the same way about wine the same way, but still at the endthree different wines to taste. Tiny variations, such as what type of pollen, spores in the air, or whether you are 12 centimeters of rain in May or 10, or if temperatures were 3 degrees warmer in summer, can make a noticeable difference in taste.

Among wine lovers, there is much controversy and debate over whether New World wines can adhere to the Old World. The majority agreed that the Old World still holds the reins, while the New Worldtry to catch up. Certainly the New World has produced some very good wines, but the old world of Europe and the proud lion of winemaking, such as France, Italy and Spain, simply have more experience loads. The bottles, all winning medals at world-class competitions take more European labels, and will for some time.

But for the consumer-level market, it's a different story. The United States and Australia have pushed their way into the world market, sometimes byCutting the price to their bottles attractive to retailers. It is this practice of producing cheap, industrial and wine in the competition for price, plonk the nickname of "managed". If you want a New Zealand or South Africa's wine-lovers crazy to drop the word "plonk". It is not all plonk, of course, and even an Old World wine or two has started to fight again plonkish with its own offer, but the fact remains that the old world loves wine too much too dirtytheir hands with the production of wine, a cheap, rough business.

In this sense, we leave it: the new world have to try harder to prove themselves in the global wine arena. But there is no doubt that they want. The New World is also a lot more experience under his belt before the global market seriously get his wines. But that is almost guaranteed to happen over time. In the meantime we can all look forward to a more diverse market, with manyinteresting developments ahead.