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One of the top wine-producing villages of Germany’s Pfalz region. Wachenheim is located south of Bad Dürkheim in the be­reich Mittelhaardt/Deutsche Weinstrasse. The wines from Wachenheim, although slightly lighter than those from the neighboring villages of Deidesheim and Forst, are still full-bodied (see body) and ripe. They’re often described as elegant. The best individual vineyard sites (einzellagen) are Goldbächel and Gerümpel, followed by Böhlig and Rechbächel.

see Auckland

New Zealand’s smallest winegrowing region, which lies around the Waikato River, about 90 minutes south of the city of Auckland. This area typically includes the Bay of Plenty, which adjoins Waikato on its western boundary just over the Kaimai Range, and where a few wineries are scattered along the Bay. The vineyards here are still quite small, with a little over 300 acres planted between them. The most widely cultivated varieties are Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc, but … (view more)

see Wellington

see Overberg WO

A 340,000-acre viticultural area located in the southern part of the large Columbia Valley AVA. Most of this region is in southeast Washington but a tiny portion dips into northeast Oregon. The area, which had only four wineries and sixty planted acres in the mid-1980s, is growing rapidly. In 2001, approval was given to increase the region’s official size, thus adding wineries and planted vineyards that were previously outside the approved AVA boundaries. There are now over 35 wineries and … (view more)

see Ahr

see Welschriesling

see South Africa

see New Jersey