Argentina boasts a wealth of natural resources and areas of great scenic beauty, including high summits and plains, lush forests and absolutely arid deserts, woods and steppes, glaciers and waterfalls. Every detail makes Argentine wine unique, authentic, remarkable due to its intense colors, deep aromas and broad range of flavors.

Australia is the fifth largest wine producer in the world, featuring over 100 different grape varieties planted. It's history as an English Colony means it has some of the oldest and most varied soil profiles on Earth, creating distinctive terroirs that allow for the production of unique wine styles.

Chile is known for producing wines of exceptional value, but that’s not to say Chilean wines don’t also include outstanding bottles to boast about. As a new world wine region, with 2,700 miles of coastline along the frigid Pacific Ocean, Chile produces wines that are both fruit-forward and herbaceous, similar to French wine.

While famous for its history and flavor, it's hard to summarize French wine. You might find that they tend to focus less on fruit flavors than wines from newer growing regions in the New World. French wines might be described as earthy or mineral.

Most French wines are categorized by their region: Burgundy, Bordeaux, Loire, Champagne, Alsace, Rhône, Provence, and Languedoc/Roussillon

As a wine country, Germany is associated with the world's most elegant and aromatically pure white wines. Germany's reputation is primarily based on wines made from the Riesling grape variety, which at its best is used for aromatic, fruity and elegant white wines that range from very crisp and dry to well-balanced, sweet and of enormous aromatic concentration.

Italy is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world. Italian wine regions are known for their rich variety of wine styles. Grapes are grown in almost every region of the country and there are more than one million vineyards under cultivation. Notable wine growing regions include the famous Tuscany, Sicily, and Piedmont, each having their own distinctive flavor.

Most of New Zealand's wine growing regions are found on the eastern coastlines of the North and South Islands, in the rain shadow of the mountains, each with its own unique soils and climatic conditions. A popular new world wine, New Zealand wine won notoriety with Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs, as well as Pinot Noirs. 

Because Portugal’s wine culture developed in relative isolation, there are many grape varieties that do not grow anywhere else in the world. So, if you don’t recognize the grape variety on a Portuguese wine label, don't be concerned.  Port is the most famous, and most copied, wine from Portugal and it grows in the Douro Valley. The hills along the Douro River have been worked by hand into terraced stair steps since early 100 C.E.

South African wines offer impressively good value, and feature styles and tastes that are food friendly, blending elegance and power. South Africa has been producing wine since the first vines were planted in the 17th century, brought by the Dutch governors of Cape Colony. A range of wine styles are made, from stunning blockbuster reds to full bodied 

Chardonnays.

Spain remains one of the world’s great wine-producing countries, sporting nearly 3 million acres of grapevines, more than any other country in the world.Among red varieties, Tempranillo is by far Spain’s most recognized grape; second in the hierarchy of Spanish wine is Cava, a sparkling wine made using the classic Champagne method.

California wine is unique. It can easily be argued that California wine comes from the most interesting soils and terroirs for wine lovers, wine makers and wine growers alike. California wine producers offers more diversity of not only styles of wine, but the grapes that are planted in the Golden State. From Temecula to Napa Valley and Sonoma, California offers a range of high-quality wines.

Oregon's northern latitude brings long hours of summer sunshine to its more than 30,000 vineyard acres, allowing a wide variety of wine grapes to grow throughout the state. From jaunty rosés, to minerally Rieslings and elegant Pinot noirs, Oregon’s wine variety will satisfy anyone’s palate.

Like many other New World wine regions, grapes like Chardonnay, Riesling, Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon make up the bulk of Washingtonian wine. Washington’s combination of hot, long days and much cooler nights allows grapes to achieve a high degree of ripeness while preserving a core of acidity that can be lacking in other warm climates.